Sentence examples for stretched beyond its limits from inspiring English sources

In recent weeks, the signs that the economy is being stretched beyond its limits have become unmistakable.

Government spending cuts and mounting hardship have added dangerous new burdens to a system that guards and prisoners alike warn is already stretched beyond its limits.

It is likely to fuel a growing perception of the military as a broken institution, stretched beyond its limits and steeped in a belligerent, hypermasculine mystique that has gone unchecked.

Rough rock 'n' roll is the foundation of the music, but in the Stooges' hands the form is stretched beyond its limits, and every element of the music goes through a painful, but liberating, transformation.

But some have called BS, saying the 2001 authorization is being stretched beyond its limits, while others argue the war is flat-out illegal.

Now that The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is in the mix, it's clear the story of The Hobbit has absolutely been stretched beyond its limits, and a trilogy of films was unnecessary.

Instead, it is due in large part to the deficiencies in Britain's state-financed dental service, which, stretched beyond its limit, no longer serves everyone and no longer even pretends to try.

North Korean units had advanced too far too quickly, and their logistical system, stretched beyond its limit, collapsed at a key point in the war.

"And I do think it has a chance of stretching beyond its limits.

The returns show an organization unable to capitalize on its assets, stretched beyond its financial limits and making some questionable decisions.

You will know that it has been over tightened, if when you take off the drum head, it will have a noticeable depression in the middle, an indication that the head has been stretched beyond its elastic limit (which you don't want).