Yet the economy is now straining, and often failing, to keep up with the ambitious growth targets set by Vietnam's Communist bosses.
It sets me thinking of some tied-up monster straining at its bonds, in front of whose gaping jaws we build our homes on the shore and watch it lashing its tail.
Heaven knew, Madame Blanche was straining every nerve to have her again!
Murray admitted he’d been unable to train properly in the week ahead of the circuit finale after straining his groin during practice the Monday before last.
With straining eagerness Catherine gazed towards the entrance of her chamber.
There's no sense of straining to stay awake or to stave off sleep. I'm simply not sleepy.
There's no sense of straining to stay awake or to stave off sleep.
A "livestock revolution" underway in developing countries is encouraging global trade in animal products and straining existing animal health infrastructure, Dr. Le Gall says.
Sprinters pull this muscle more than distance runners, but as I discovered, even straining your hamstring can limit your ability to run fast.
When lenders last year refused to refinance the short-term paper that funded the vehicles, Banks had to take the assets onto their balance sheets, straining their capital ratios.
It would also take a huge quantity of water and phosphorus fertilizers, resources we are straining to their limits.
The photographers were straining at the leash to take photographs of the Miss World contestants.
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