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straining

How many syllables in straining?

  2 syllables

Divide straining into syllables:   strain-ing
Stressed syllable in straining:   strain-ing
How to say straining:

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What rhymes with straining

2 syllables
  • caning
  • draining
  • gaining
  • raining
  • reining
  • staining
3 syllables
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