"I am coming to bear," she said, her voice a strained whisper.

The words came out in a strained, unpleasant whisper as if he had something caught in his throat.

A strained whisper was 0 that could escape the sudden constriction.

He abandoned his cause, and he expelled the name in a strained whisper.

"It should not hurt," he said in a strained whisper.

"You don't understand," she repeated in a strained whisper.

Her eyes became frightened and her voice dropped to a strained whisper.

My voice came out in a strained whisper.

"There you are," he said hoarsely in a strained cracked whisper.

Janeway asked, unable to raise her voice above a strained whisper.