I must say it was a terrible strain on him, being such a good friend to you both.

What we overlook, I guess, is the terrible strain of it.

I have been under a terrible strain for eleven days.

"The loss of a child is a terrible strain on the parents."

"The doctors say that there was a terrible strain on his heart."

"It's put a terrible strain on the special education system," he said.

"We have now introduced a new structure which should take away the terrible strain."

She was almost ready to give way under the terrible strain of the Barren.

Only by its absence did she realize the terrible strain he had been under.

She was showing the terrible strain of these last hours.