Sentence examples for beginning to pinch from inspiring English sources

Five months ago I wouldn't have thought twice about this, but now, with only six week left, my budget was beginning to pinch.

The effects of the oil embargo were beginning to pinch Syria as the United Nations Security Council renewed its efforts on Tuesday to issue a resolution condemning the repression of pro-democracy demonstrators there, although continued Russian opposition to any Security Council sanctions means the measure is unlikely to include any, diplomats at the United Nations said.

As shortages began to pinch, prices shot up—and have barely fallen since the ceasefire.

He tried on marriages like tailored suits, discarding them when they began to pinch.

High energy prices have begun to pinch business, and there are indications they have slowed the world economy.

German exports rose in June by 28.5 percent compared with the year before, the highest level since the financial crisis began to pinch in October 2008.

Now, More Aggression "Now the recent economic downturn has begun to pinch those high-end jobs as well," Professor Harris said.

But if the shoe begins to pinch there may be a danger of a revival of tension within the Six between France and the rest, which will do nobody any good.

Six weeks after the Freedom of Information Act came into force, squeals of pain can be heard rising from Whitehall as in Lord Falconer's own words the act's shoe begins to pinch.

Oliver Jones, markets economist at Capital Economics, predicted the Fed's march toward higher interest rates may finally begin to pinch financial markets by the second half of the year — just as the stimulus provided by the tax cuts is beginning to fade.

That punishment has begun to pinch China's economy and Beijing's negotiators are demanding that at least some of the tariffs be removed as a condition of any final deal.