- present tense form of strain (3rd person singular).
strains
Example Sentences
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That most of these impressions were formed outside the tournament’s 104 matches helps explain why this World Cup hit harder than more traditional strains of soft power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
"We talk about two different strains of mpox. In 2022 it was the clade II strain that was mostly circulating, now we're talking about clade Ib, so it's a slightly different strain."
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
The team then introduced selected pseudomonad strains to soybean plants.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 29, 2026
Vaccines for individual viruses have provided some relief, but new strains pose a constant challenge.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
I felt Nairobi’s foreignness—or really, my own foreignness in relation to it—immediately, even in the first strains of morning.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
