strain for effect

To attempt conspicuously and unconvincingly to produce some kind of dramatic or artistic effect, as in a speech, performance, piece of writing, etc. I just felt like she was straining for effect from the beginning of the play right through to the very end. It's so embarrassing reading my old journal entries and seeing how hard I strained for effect back then.

strain for an effect

to work very hard to try to achieve some effect. The actors were straining so hard for an effect that they forgot their lines. Don't strain for effect so much. The authors of this drama knew what they were doing, and it's in the lines already.

词组	strain for effect
释义	strain for effect strain for effect To attempt conspicuously and unconvincingly to produce some kind of dramatic or artistic effect, as in a speech, performance, piece of writing, etc. I just felt like she was straining for effect from the beginning of the play right through to the very end. It's so embarrassing reading my old journal entries and seeing how hard I strained for effect back then. See also: effect, strain Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. strain for an effect to work very hard to try to achieve some effect. The actors were straining so hard for an effect that they forgot their lines. Don't strain for effect so much. The authors of this drama knew what they were doing, and it's in the lines already. See also: effect, strain McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: strain for an effect the/an/(one's) artistic style (Someone or something) called, they want their (something) back! tomorrow a swan song don't look now one rotten apple spoils the (whole) bushel rotten apple spoils the barrel a bad apple spoils the (whole) barrel a rotten apple spoils the (whole) bunch References in periodicals archive Perfs collectively strain for effect, and Sexton's penchant for adopting childlike manners guarantees that this Ludlow is completely unlikable. Love, Ludlow When stories stress their own importance or attempt to shock (Layton, Sarah, Fagan) they strain for effect. Only two (Rosenblatt, Ravvin) venture into fable or fantasy, and the anthology remains quite conservative. Not Quite Mainstream: Canadian Jewish Short Stories Cava's worst mistake is the use of son Paco (Edward James Olmos), a would-be writer, as narrator: His comments are obtrusive and strain for effect, and Paco has no function in the story. My Family: Mi Familia Songs about an imagined reprise of Gulf War, the Heaven's Gate death cult and ecological disaster all strain for effect and their love of full-blown melodrama soon reaches overkill, heightened by Andrew Montgomery's burnt to a crisp operatics. Music: Out this week - Albums
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