The strain of waiting was telling upon all of us.

The strain was telling on all of them, except perhaps Haima.

The battle had lasted less than a minute, but the strain was already telling.

The strain and stress of his job were telling on him.

The strain told on Leopold and by the winter of 1791, he became ill.

I could see the strain was telling on him.

The strain of the flight had told on him, he said.

"And you feel the extraordinary strain is telling on him?"

He wasn't a young man, and the strain and long hours were telling.

The strain of trying to maneuver under such an acceleration pressure was telling on him.