Sentence examples for a terrible strain from inspiring English sources

Must have been a terrible strain on the marriage.

That must have put a terrible strain on the marriage.

"It's put a terrible strain on the special education system," he said.

But there were four events left, each of which would put a terrible strain on what remained of his left biceps.

With a mortality rate as high as 90 per cent in some cases, it has put a terrible strain on a string of weak health systems.

They thought it would be a good way to test their supercomputer: a maiden voyage into pi would put a terrible strain on their machine, might blow it up.

He needs someone who requires no preparation to handle two wars and an army under terrible strain.

Parmar details with understanding, too, the terrible strain of coping with a sibling with a mental illness, the guilt, the anger, the terrible jealousy that erupts.

I took in this conversation to which I'd been invited — wise enough for once not to talk — with a mix of happiness and remorse: a Tom Waits concert was all it took to break through our terrible strain with each other?

That network is now under terrible strain.

A rumour got about last night that Dorando had died from the effects of the terrible strain of the race.