Sentence examples for relations strained from inspiring English sources

Stories of marital relations — strained, destroyed or restored — surely take up a larger section of our fiction shelves than stories of brothers and sisters.

Courtship of business has been central to the president's postelection legislative strategy, both to repair relations strained in his first term and to gain allies who might influence Republican lawmakers in the second.

Polanski observes the character quirks, the long-standing relations strained by the worsening disgrace of Lang's situation — there's something, we see, in the frayed connection of husband and wife that could be more significant than hurt feelings.

Polanski observes the character quirks, the long-standing relations strained by the worsening disgrace of Lang's situation there's something, we see, in the frayed connection of husband and wife that could be more significant than hurt feelings.

While the resolution allows both Colombia and Ecuador to save face and begin to repair relations strained this week, it fails to address some of the broader implications of Colombia's raid.

ISTANBUL — The president of Iraq, Jalal Talabani, visited Turkey on Friday as part of a joint effort to mend relations strained by a Turkish ground offensive against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq.

Here the model seems to be Pina Bausch, but Mr. Tynek's choreographic chess game of male-and-female relations strains for theatrical effect.

If not, come spring, neighbors who maintain friendly relations all winter can find those relations sorely strained.

Smith noted that crime journalists assumed that the police media relations officers would mirror their concerns about the extent to which relations are strained.

But Angolan-Zambian relations are strained.

Still, it is no surprise that relations are strained.