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(psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress
the mental strain of staying alert hour after hour was too much for him
his responsibilities were a constant strain
How To Use mental strain In A Sentence
- In the sensors, small acoustic vibrations or environmental strains induce frequency and intensity modulations.
- The mental strain of sharing an office with Alison was starting to tell.
- Abuse and mental strain flow through the story, but Eugene's crazed influence is balanced against the sincere love his family feel for him.
- Ant will provide insight into the physical and mental strains they are enduring. The Sun
- The Boer ultimatum, by making it impossible for the British Government to be any longer cajoled into an elusory settlement by Boer diplomacy, had relieved Lord Milner of a load of anxiety, and closed a period of unparalleled physical and mental strain. Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902
- Overcrowding imposes mental strains.
- The mental strain of sharing an office with Alison was starting to tell.
- I think everyone I know is suffering from that mental strain.
- the mental strain of staying alert hour after hour was too much for him
- Some scientists believe that we are running out of sleep, put under mental strain by work stress, caffeine and late-night internet distractions.