Sentence examples for strained past from inspiring English sources

Dozens of ambulances arrived at the scene early this morning from Tel Aviv and beyond, as Jerusalem's rescue services were strained past capacity.

During the second act, Monsignor Cooke Ed Setrakiann), the principal of the high school that the sisters once attended, drunkenly gives a speech, revealing more about their strained past, that sheds unexpected light on their characters.

There is no room for the "strained past" of slavery in the story of our nation's founding as we currently tell it.

"We come from a strained past based on slavery existing in our state," Sanford told CNN, "and that's a regretful past.

The dialogue comes almost entirely from the messages, which delineate relationships among the members of Abe's family, a quirky bunch strained by past events and personality traits that rub one another the wrong way.

But there is both a message and opportunity here for officials like Mr. Levy, an immigration hard-liner whose relations with his rapidly growing Latino immigrant constituency have been strained by past crises and confrontations.

His daughter Maureen has been undergoing cancer treatment, and relations with the other children have been strained in the past.

He said that he hoped relations with Pakistan – which have been strained in the past – could in future be "very close, brotherly and good neighbourly".

Relations between the two have become particularly strained in the past few days, after the dismissal of Henning Berg as manager.

Relations between the Thatcher children have often been strained in the past with Ms Thatcher claiming she always played second fiddle to her elder twin, sparking feelings of jealousy.

For rentals?" The relationship between Lincoln Center and the Philharmonic has been strained in the past, in part by the Philharmonic's aborted merger with Carnegie Hall in 2003 and by conflicts over control of the hall's calendar.