Sentence examples for being strained by from inspiring English sources

But now household finances are being strained by the remorseless rise in interest rates.

The community is also being strained by the unevenness of the disaster's toll.

But several disclosures indicate that their relationship is being strained by the tire recall.

Chief Justice Dívar's expense scandal came to light while the judiciary was being strained by several corruption cases against politicians from the country's main parties.

America's relationship with Turkey is being strained by a planned vote in the American Congress that would classify the killings of Armenians by the Ottoman Army as genocide.

A rift is the last thing the European Union needs, at a time when the bloc is being strained by the debt crisis in Greece.

But these advances have been strained by this year's surge.

Its feeble economy is strained by 100,000 newly arrived Ivorians.

The marriage of a professional couple is strained by their having to live a continent apart.

Their safety nets are strained by newly unemployed people unfamiliar with the world of social services.

Relations with Japan were strained by old kidnappings and new suspicions of spying.