Sentence examples for severe strains from inspiring English sources

Yet the social safety net is already showing severe strains.

The review revealed severe strains -- from plans to close Walter Reed in four years and orders to privatize certain services -- but these pressures applied everywhere at the hospital.

Their engagement suffers severe strains in the course of "Le Mariage" -- misunderstandings, misapprehensions, false expectations, differences of temperament, cultural clashes and the usual anxieties attendant on impending nuptials.

"Vulnerabilities associated with the indebtedness of some euro-area sovereigns and banks have resulted in severe strains in bank funding markets and financial markets more generally.

Health experts are predicting severe strains on the state and on working families here.

Of that, about half will go on to Afghanistan, where there are already severe strains on the system.

You can hear his voice cracking up; the pauses before several words betray the feelings of a man who is under severe strain.

But the fighting began last week without that help, and several days into the war, the amity between the nations is under severe strain.

Our child welfare system is under severe strain.

Spending on each student may come under severe strain whoever wins the next election".

Alou missed nearly three months of the season with a severe strain in the same muscle.