Sentence examples for difficult straits from inspiring English sources

EDO was also in difficult straits.

Individual doctors are not the only ones in difficult straits.

Luckily, an influential local man knew of our difficult straits and generously offered his protection.

When he took over, the country was in very very difficult straits.

And the companies in the advertising-based Internet area are in difficult straits.

"Obama is in such difficult straits but has eight or nine people working so diligently for him," Mr Lear said.

By Thursday, Mr. Williams was navigating a difficult strait as he sought to direct anger at police policies like the stop-and-frisk tactic, while resisting calls for a more pitched confrontation.

Nearly five months later, the Knicks are again in difficult salary straits.

And with many governments in increasingly difficult financial straits, investors' reliance on stale ratings grows increasingly perilous.

That and complications in the expansion of its stadium brought the club into the difficult financial straits that required a bailout from the competition.

The Museum of Contemporary Art has run into increasingly difficult financial straits in recent years as its fund-raising has failed to keep up with its spending.