Sentence examples for more strained when from inspiring English sources

The film becomes more strained when Mary and Rhoda's grown children appear.

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.

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.

It's one example where Twitter has for now continued to work harmoniously with the developer community, at a time when relationships have become somewhat more strained when it comes to third parties working with its own APIs to create Twitter clients.

Because she never raised her voice, not even in anger (her voice just got more strained when she was mad), her Pleasant Smile could be worn even at moments of excruciating conflict.

Sometimes, however, it's a little more strained, as when characters from later books make what feel like forced appearances in youthful incarnations.

Relations between employees and the paper's management have become notably more strained since last winter, when employees signed an open letter airing their grievances.

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.

But his situation moved into a more strained and more public phase when Ms. Hanover responded with a statement saying that her efforts to share her husband's public life and save the marriage had been undermined by his turning to other relationships.

If supporters of justice and morality are delighted by this (belated) political recognition of historical truth, those interested in international relations must be wondering: Why was this resolution adopted now, when German-Turkish relations are more strained than ever?

I can't hide from Him, and when I try the problems only get worse and my relationships only become more strained.