Sentence examples for overstretched by from inspiring English sources

America and its allies are overstretched by commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Today, Germany – feeling already overstretched by euro rescue efforts – is in no mood to spend more.

In the past, the French have argued that they are overstretched by commitments elsewhere, notably in Africa.

The usual answer turns on the suggestion that Bernstein's talents were overstretched by his heavy conducting, recording and publicity schedules.

With forces still badly overstretched by Iraq and Afghanistan, combat commanders have been reluctant to detach trainers.

Fortis, a Belgo-Dutch bank overstretched by its role in acquiring ABN AMRO, is now part-owned by the Benelux governments.

The cutbacks to date have been achieved through natural wastage in an environment with high turnover as staff grow increasingly overstretched and demoralised by their working conditions.

My job was to help the local staff there who were overstretched and totally unprepared by the sheer numbers of civilians who were being "ethnically cleansed" from Srebrenica.

Under Mr. Staples, Amey overstretched its balance sheet by bidding aggressively on new projects, including an effort to modernize the London subway system.

Concerns that the bank may be overstretched have been worsened by the recent departures of two senior executives.John Staley, who heads Equity's Mobile Banking and Payment Innovations division, says that too much was expected too soon.

"And for him to make incendiary comments as he did and direct the Department of Justice to pursue a baseless prosecution, he by far overstretched, overreached, and even broke the law in certain aspects to where you have an innocent American being prosecuted by the federal government, which should never happen".