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1 | 99% | 6 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 29% | 8 | Container for draining and straining | |
3 | 29% | 10 | Straining to airlift bananas at end of season | |
Straining Ones Patience Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "TRYING" which means:
- adjective satellite
- • Hard to endure
- • Extremely irritating to the nerves verb
- • To attempt; to endeavour. followed by infinitive.
- • To divide; to separate.
- • To test, to work out.
- • To experiment, to strive.
- • To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
- • To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
- • (used with another verb) to want noun
- • The act by which one tries something; an attempt. adjective
- • Difficult to endure; arduous.
- • Irritating, stressful or bothersome.
An example sentence would be:
- • "She is a trying person to be around"
- • "The trying task took hours to complete"
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