"Let me tell you about my star brother," he said, so softly that the others strained toward him slightly to hear.

Although he continued to smile, Rhodan's voice sounded slightly strained.

They didn't avoid him exactly, but when in his company their con- versation was always slightly strained.

His relationship with his brother is slightly strained because they play the same position, but he still admires him to no end.

However his voice was slightly strained when he spoke: "They have-uh-disappeared since 10 days ago.

"That doesn't solve the problem of exactly where he is," Becka said, her voice sounding slightly strained.

Elsewhere in the program, voices sounded slightly strained and were not helped by the church's dry acoustics.

I refocused, straining slightly, and nodded to myself as I slowed.

His grin was slightly strained and anxious and so were his eyes.

Khan became Kenji's mentor after killing his brother, and the two share a slightly strained, but at the same time, trusting, relationship.

That makes a bit more sense, but it still seems like a slightly strained comparison.

How much will Patrick Ewing be hampered by his slightly strained left hamstring?

There are traces of an important voice lurking around this unfinished and slightly strained technique.

A slightly strained chuckle ran around the table.

It has the same slightly strained quality fans of the scraggle-topped one find so appealing.

We parted company on that slightly strained note.

There was a slightly strained note in Kalten's voice, and he was visibly sweating.

He was sitting on the other side of the table from her, none too happy at being the centre of attention, reflected in a slightly strained voice.

Riker's sharp words created a slightly strained silence.

But in it, Bork heard a slightly strained tone.