were straining

Past progressiveconjugation ofstrain.There are other translations for this conjugation.

strain

They were straining at the oars but not getting very far.	Estaban luchando con los remos pero no avanzaban rápidamente.
Ng's eyes were straining as far as they could go in their sockets to get a look at the brand new shiny avataris sapiens parked at the end of the conference room table.	Ng ojos se esforzaban por lo que podrían ir en sus órbitas a echar un vistazo a la nueva estacionado avataris brillante sapiens al final de la mesa de la sala de conferencias.
The ramp was down when we roared over the drop zone and the pilot pulled the nose up 7 degrees, and so now the 32,000lbs in the twenty pallets were straining to be free.	La rampa estaba abajo cuando volamos sobre la zona de entrega y el piloto subió la nariz del avión 7 grados, y ahora las 32,000 libras en los 20 jergones hacian esfuerzo por liberarse.
The large screens in both conference rooms, which showed a single page of text at a time, were straining the cognitive capacities of the negotiators, making it hard to grasp the fuller picture of what had been added, amended, or deleted.	Las pantallas gigantes de ambas salas de conferencia, que mostraban una sola pgina por vez, pusieron a prueba la capacidad cognitiva de los negociadores, que hicieron su mayor esfuerzo para retener todo lo que ha sido agregado, enmendado o eliminado.