Sentence examples for a time of strained from inspiring English sources

It was a time of strained relations.

He was also ambassador to the United States (1980 83) at a time of strained relations between the two countries.

It was a time of strained race relations but he was welcomed by members of the African-Caribbean community.

Kevin Stayton, the Brooklyn Museum's chief curator, said it was an effort, at a time of strained budgets, to make sure that "we're not overextending ourselves".

As The Korea Herald reports, the confusion over the ad comes at a time of strained relations between Iran and South Korea.

The arrests come during a time of strained relations between Iran and Britain, mostly over the war in Iraq and Iran's nuclear capacity.

The exchanges on the Boston attack came at a time of otherwise strained relations between Moscow and Washington, focusing on their differences over how to respond to events in Syria, and U.S. concerns about the Kremlin's treatment of its opponents.

By the early '60s Mr. Singleton was presiding over Mercury's creative division, where he was known for holding recording sessions using black and white musicians at a time of often strained race relations in the South.

At a time of increasingly strained relations between Russia and the West, the halt in the supplies has underlined Europe's vulnerability to Russia's pipeline politics and reinforced Europe's need to offset its dependence on Russian energy.

If he intends to do the same again, at a time of Japan's immensely strained relations with its two neighbours over disputed islands, he gives no clue.

But a quirk in the law prohibits the federal government from spending any money to buy property along trails established between 1978 and 1983, even from willing sellers -- a quirk that means the trails are unlikely to be completed soon, as state, local and private conservation groups cannot easily raise the cash in a time of rising property prices and strained finances.