Sentence examples for strained by from inspiring English sources

It is choked by concrete checkpoints, and strained by rationing.

They were already strained by the visit to Yasukuni.

But these advances have been strained by this year's surge.

How many marriages had been strained by the problem I was struggling with?

Both the Giants and the Jets rejected the notion that relations were strained by the issue.

That would strengthen a vital alliance strained by unequal burden sharing.

Calexico is hardly the only city fire department strained by constant runs to the border.

Other job-training and placement programs have been strained by government shortfalls, however.

But now household finances are being strained by the remorseless rise in interest rates.

Yangon, where Mr. Sjogren is moving with his family, is strained by the influx of foreigners.

Both marriages are loving but strained by the specter of encroaching illness.