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How to pronounce“straining”in English

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In natural English speech, "straining" appears in contexts such as: "And he would have held it really close to his eye. He would have had to basically press his face up against this thing and look through the lens. It would have been deeply uncomfortable and very straining. To understand why his lens was so small, you have to know how magnifying glasses work.". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

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IPA/strɪnɪng/

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And he would have held it really close to his eye. He would have had to basically press his face up against this thing and look through the lens.

It would have been deeply uncomfortable and very straining.

To understand why his lens was so small, you have to know how magnifying glasses work.

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Definitions of “straining”

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verb

present participle and gerund of strain

noun

The act by which one strains. (muscles, etc)

“sundry violent gaspings and strainings”

noun

filtering, the process of passing something through a strainer.

“Then after that process which Culverwel describes as so many strainings, refinings, and clarifyings, the mind is prepared for a true insight into the real nature of the world by way of intuition.”

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