Sentence examples for is strained for from inspiring English sources

Analysts say the company is strained for cash and has a large debt payment coming due in 2010.

Alexis' relationship with her dad is strained for pretty much the first time in the show's six seasons.

Occasionally it looks as if it is straining for maturity.

Simmons is straining for an emotional pay-off, but there's no need.

Perhaps Rose is straining for a Tolstoyan seriousness with Ivan's pitiable end.

"I don't think any game is straining for a goalie," Boyle said.

But at 35 years old, Gooden is straining for 200, hanging on, accepting opportunity from any team willing to extend it to him.

The crucial element of any thought is whether or not it is straining for some kind of resolution or being held harmless in a larger field of awareness.

Relations have been strained for decades.

Iranian-Egyptian relations have been strained for years and remain a highly sensitive issue.

The relationship between the C.I.A. and Mr. Chalabi's group has been strained for years.