Sentence examples for the straits in which from inspiring English sources

On the east, between the island and the mainland, are the straits in which the Greeks won a decisive naval victory over the Persians in 480 bce.

Her subgenre is one that has never been given much attention in the world of art photography, in large part because of the straits in which book-jacket pictures must operate.

Democrats in marginal seats keep the president at arm's length, aware that the mood of the electorate reflects the desperate straits in which the country finds itself.

First, the narrow neoliberal way of thinking that once held sway across a range of economic themes is discredited in the eyes of most of the world, being the main reason for the financial straits in which the west now finds itself.

The Occupy protests that took place in cities from London to Lagos demonstrated the strength of public outrage at the increasing wealth and power of the richest 1%, compared with the dire straits in which the poorest 99% find themselves following a crisis not of their making.

Speaking after the European commission's president, José Manuel Barroso, publicly confirmed that Brussels would endorse the three-year stability and growth plan that Athens has proposed, Papandreou insisted he had no other choice but to enact "difficult" measures to help redress the dire straits in which the public finances now found themselves.

Regrettably, it is hard to see foreign demand increasing sufficiently anytime soon, thanks to the dire straits in which so much of the rest of the world finds itself.

The press is responsible for much of the dire straits in which climate scientists now find themselves, the researchers said.

The dire straits in which Athens found itself after the disastrous defeat of its Sicilian expedition provided the backdrop for both Euripides' "Helen" that year and Aristophanes' "Lysistrata" the following year.

It's a guessing game that families across the country are being forced into by the dire straits in which higher education now finds itself.

Thus, Cashman could have a major trade to announce in his first week on the job, before he goes about the more daunting task of trying to navigate the Steinbrenner straits in which 14 prior general managers have wrecked.