Sentence examples similar to Feeling stretched thin from inspiring English sources

No, he responded, he was a student athlete, but one who felt stretched thin.

The Navy feels stretched thin, and wants to expand the fleet by more than 10 percent, to about 320 ships.

While an enrollment spike can translate into more tuition dollars, it can also mean fewer available study carrels in the library, crowded dining halls and faculty advisors who feel stretched thin.

In May a survey asked 94,000 HP employees to grade the management in 15 categories and, while HP got high marks in seven segments, the workers gave below-average grades in three: The troops said they don't yet understand the adaptive strategy and feel stretched thin by their new roles.

Do you feel stretched thin these days?

Their personal choices seem to leave them satisfied, but when we try to emulate the Smiths' behavior, we're miserable-feeling stretched thin, tapped out and emotionally unfulfilled.

As a story it is conventional; as storytelling it's a little clunky and feels stretched pretty thin in the second act.

But consider this as well: most respondents (57%) at least somewhat agreed with the statement, "I feel stretched so thin, I have nothing left to give".

Fager delegated the details of vetting the piece to [producer Bill] Owens, whom he'd groomed to be his successor at 60 Minutes but whom some CBS colleagues felt was stretched thin by his duties.

Still, it feels stretched out.

At feature length, the film feels stretched.