Sentence examples for becomes stretched from inspiring English sources

As a child grows, the cord becomes stretched beyond capacity, damaging surrounding nerves and blood vessels.

Directed by Jo Combes, it tells of two couples whose friendship becomes stretched to the limits over five dinner parties within nine months.

A "very simple" short story called "The Absolute Motherfucking Truth" is elongated through repeated images, so that it becomes "stretched out like a slinky".

Capital then becomes stretched and balance sheets become overleveraged.

But as the platform of the "personal computer" spreads further and further from the simple "box and monitor" concept — i.e. to phones, tweener devices, and appliances — the OS becomes stretched thin.

B) The old paradigm becomes stretched in increasingly artificial ways to fit all the threatening data.

In the second they became stretched, the passes became longer and possession was squandered.

The risk is that unless supply accelerates significantly, affordability will become stretched.

As the game became stretched in the second half, so they sensed their moment.

However, when the team become stretched those  10-yards passes, the little give-and-gos, are harder to play.

Mr. Hourican indicated that the bank's operations had become stretched across too many countries and business units.