"overstretched to" is an acceptable phrase in written English.
You can use it to indicate an action that has been pushed or extended beyond what is reasonable. For example: "With the demands of his job and his family, he was overstretched to the point of exhaustion."
The result was a court that is overstretched to the point of mutiny.
As preparations for the offensive commenced, the attack's starting points were positioned on stretches of front to the rear of the German Sixth Army, largely preventing the Germans from reinforcing those sectors quickly where Axis units were too overstretched to occupy effectively.
The capacity of MNRH is overstretched to breaking point.
Pakistan says its forces are too overstretched to take on militants in North Waziristan, and that neither Mr. Haqqani nor the tribes in that area not attacking targets inside Pakistan.
He was holding down some part-time jobs and trying to break into the business the old-fashioned way – sending hundreds of letters to directors who were too overstretched to respond or take a risk on an unknown.
Many of the clinics are simply too overstretched to cater to these women's needs and some pregnant patients are reluctant to return to the hospital because of fears of aftershocks.
Many Congo analysts have been expecting the rebels, who call themselves the M23, to eventually withdraw from Goma, one of the biggest cities in eastern Congo, because the rebels have only a few thousand troops and seem to be overstretched trying to defend all the territory they have seized in recent weeks.
Kurdish forces are also overstretched, struggling to provide adequate protection to areas liberated from Isis.
The overall effect of this was to lead to increased referrals to already overstretched, and difficult to access, podiatrists.
Those who took their first step late, overstretched themselves to buy property, or presumed that remortgaging to finance other items was a safe bet, now watch tiny movements in the property market with terror.
The losers, according to the story that unfolded at Southwark Crown Court in south London, are not overstretched buy-to-let types but Page's own royal protection colleagues, their families and friends.
