Sentence examples for so strained from inspiring English sources

Her face used to appear so strained and tight.

"The kid looks so strained," said Miss New York State finally.

Ukraine's relations with Russia had become so strained under Mr Yushchenko that improvement was both inevitable and desirable.

THE quality of international justice is no longer quite so strained, but its reach is still uncertain.

Resources have been so strained that for the first time, fire management teams from other countries are assisting.

"But she still wouldn't tell me, and eventually our relationship became so strained that we became estranged.

His private life is tangled (his relationship with his son, Andrew, is so strained that he did not even turn up to his graduation).

Relations have become so strained that some agents who are working out their notice periods have been locked out of their offices.

Relations got so strained that Dr. Crew loudly accused one member of the Miami-Dade County school board of talking to him "like a dog".

The city's budget, which this year will total some $300 million, is already so strained that it has no room for improving services.

Resources were so strained that fire officials began providing basic fire training to volunteers who had machinery like backhoes and bulldozers, so they could help dig fire lines.