Sentence examples for are still strained from inspiring English sources

There's been a recent thaw, but relations are still strained.

"Financial conditions have improved, but they are still strained," he said.

In 2007 women still don't have it all, and their marriages are still strained.

She wants to improve Argentina's relations with the world, which are still strained by its break with the IMF and the 2001 debt default.

The Chicago report showed employment still in the doldrums, said Scott J. Brown, chief economist with Raymond James and Associates in St .Petersburg, Fla ."Consumer finances are still strained and the labor market is weak".

Yet there are still strained, punctilious circles in which the topic doesn't come up, and in which people are coyly described -- black curly hair, etc. -- without explicit reference to their race.

Americans are still straining their credit cards, after a brief flirtation with prudence in December.

Nearly 40 years on, researchers around the world are still straining to see gravitational waves, so far without success.

The Knicks are still straining against the corrosive agents of time, living for today, while the Pacers have undergone a restructuring to invest in tomorrow.

They are expected to discuss the question of a bailout for Spain, and the situation in Greece (where coalition leaders are still straining to find cuts demanded by their lenders).

The rink was sold out, but emotions were still strained.