Sentence examples for even more strained from inspiring English sources

In the electronic-media age, the partnership is even more strained.

As Mr. Bloomberg repeats the ritual of seeking approval from the state for his chancellor-in-waiting — this time, Cathleen P. Black, the chairwoman of Hearst Magazines — his case may be even more strained.

The already mistrustful relationship between moviegoer and trailer becomes even more strained during awards season, when the contenders are by and large films that deal with topics audiences would rather skip.

Things became even more strained when Ms. Holgate's career as the vice president for institutional brokerage at E*Trade Financial, the online brokerage house in New York, took off, making her the primary earner.

He said: "The economic situation has become even more strained and internal factors have been exacerbated by a high level of uncertainty on currency and financial markets, serious capital flight, an unreadiness by investors to take decisions in this acute international situation which has taken shape in the last two months".

Partly because of the restructuring, tensions started to lurk between Alibaba Group and Yahoo, and they recently became even more strained when insiders also revealed that Yahoo's new CEO Carol Bartz was far from being satisfied with the way Alibaba has handled its Chinese portal.

The meeting was supposed to open a dialogue between police officers and city residents, perhaps even repair relations that have grown ever more strained since Amadou Diallo was shot dead last year.

It featured inane categories, confused contestants, and a poor, frustrated Alex Trebek who looked even more tired and strained than my overtaxed teachers.

Recognizing this, it seems foolish — or worse, cynical — to layer even more responsibilities on the strained FEC.

But they have declined, because they dare not cram even more assets onto their already strained balance sheets.Yet securities of these types should be more resilient than those tied to subprime loans.

But they also needed to pander to their constituents, and obviously nobody wanted to increase the West's strained relations with Iran even more.