Expressive of strenuous effort.
Of writing or speech or similar, stilted or not natural due to too much effort being used in the production.
Requiring a high level of effort or performance.
The act by which something is stretched.
A form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle (or muscle group) is deliberately elongated to its fullest length in order to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and reaffirm comfortable muscle tone.