Sentence examples for finances are stretched from inspiring English sources

Her finances are stretched to the limit.

The museum's finances are stretched too thin to carry it, and its space is too small.

But Greece's finances are stretched too tightly to hire lots more staff.

As he inches toward his opening, Mr. Houle's finances are stretched to the breaking point.

City finances are stretched and ways of raising fresh revenue are being squeezed.

Yet working-class voters are dismayed that he now says the public finances are stretched and that he cannot do anything on wages.

The family finances were stretched thin, but there was just enough money to put Geraldine through school and university, where she shone.

Pilots are seeking average wage increases of 30 to 35percentt -- arguing for compensation in line with pilots in other countries and recognition for low raises in the early 1990's, when the airline's finances were stretched.

And even though the company's finances were stretched thin, Mr. Bohn agreed to invest several million dollars to quickly prepare the bid and build five vehicles for the Army to test.

The government has little room to attempt stimulus programs, because the country's finances were stretched to the limit by the global financial crisis of 2008 and 2009, said Xavier Devictor, the country manager for Poland and the Baltic countries at the World Bank.

The LSL survey suggested that tenants' finances were stretched.