Sentence examples for straits in from inspiring English sources

Detroit has found itself in these straits in the past.

The Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León first recorded sailing through the straits in 1513.

Rather, it stems from the states' dire fiscal straits in the aftermath of the recession.

We would have been in dire straits in Dallas if we didn't have him".

The real jewel of these buildings, though, is Beaumaris Castle, just across the Menai Straits in Anglesey.

Too many New Jersey residents are in financial straits in order to pay for the bloated cost of governance.

(The Seikan railway tunnel under the Tsuguru Straits in Japan is currently the longest, at 33.5 miles).

Mark Knopfler (composed the film's soundtrack): Released Brothers in Arms with his band Dire Straits in 1985.

And had Boeing not been in such straits in 2003 it probably wouldn't have risked the investment required for the 787.

Embrace hopes to start selling this $25 "incubator" soon.Even newspapers, in dire straits in much of the rich world, are embracing design thinking.

It's come to these dire straits -- in school districts across the state of California.