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strain after
strain after something
[for a singer] to work very hard to reach a very high or a very low note. Don't strain after the note. Let it come naturally, like a cooling breeze. She was straining after each note as if it hurt her to sing, which it probably did.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Sharon | | SHER-ən, SHAR-ən | English |
Baldie | | ['bɔ:ldi] | |
Susan | | SOO-zən | English |
Gareth | | GAR-əth (Welsh, English) | Welsh, English (British), Arthurian Romance |
Alyssia | | ə-LIS-yə | English (Modern) |
Estelle | | [es'tel] | |