Sentence examples for citing the strain of from inspiring English sources

Couples break up, citing the strain of long distance.

Mr. Ney announced last week that he was quitting the race, citing the strain of an intensifying corruption inquiry that has focused on his dealings with the disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

Mr. Ney announced he would withdraw from the race a week ago, citing the strain of an intensifying corruption investigation that has focused for months on his dealings with lobbyists.

She was ranked fourth when she retired in May 2007, a month before her 24th birthday and two months before her wedding, citing the strain of injuries and the promise of marriage and motherhood.

Earlier this year Russia withdrew peacekeeping troops from the Balkans, citing the strains of extended deployments, but it has sent 100 troops and transport helicopters to the peacekeeping mission in Sierra Leone.

In his resignation letter, Mr. Abraham cited the strain of the job on his family, noting that he and his wife, Jane, had three young children.

McNamara cited the strains of travel, and of preparing under the misplaced assumption that they would be able to use all their squad, as explanations rather than excuses for their collapse into a second 18-all draw in two weeks.

Imagine if one of them were walking through Central Park and got stopped and told to pay?" But Mr. Bergstresser cited the strain that the arrival of nonresidents would put on the narrow residential roads leading to the beaches, the already limited parking lots and the beaches themselves.

With the markets on tenterhooks ahead of Thursday's meeting of the ECB, the bad news from Spain compounded a decision by Moody's ratings agency to place the entire European Union on negative outlook, citing the mounting financial strain of the crisis on key countries like Germany, France and Britain.

The two, who write as a pair and have been doing so for more than two decades, cited the financial strains of the strike in asking for a guild exception.

health warning" citing the risk of "tremendous strain on your health, happiness and close family relationships".