Sentence examples for time of strained from inspiring English sources

It was a time of strained relations.

He was also ambassador to the United States (1980 83) at a time of strained relations between the two countries.

In this time of strained relations between France and the United States, Alain Ducasse has staged a culinary intervention.

It was a time of strained race relations but he was welcomed by members of the African-Caribbean community.

Kevin Stayton, the Brooklyn Museum's chief curator, said it was an effort, at a time of strained budgets, to make sure that "we're not overextending ourselves".

As The Korea Herald reports, the confusion over the ad comes at a time of strained relations between Iran and South Korea.

That's money that could be put to good use in these times of strained budgets.

Many developers consider donating open land to municipalities, government agencies or nonprofit environmental groups, but in times of strained budgets, public and nonprofit entities may be reluctant to take on the extra responsibility.

The exchanges on the Boston attack came at a time of otherwise strained relations between Moscow and Washington, focusing on their differences over how to respond to events in Syria, and U.S. concerns about the Kremlin's treatment of its opponents.

By the early '60s Mr. Singleton was presiding over Mercury's creative division, where he was known for holding recording sessions using black and white musicians at a time of often strained race relations in the South.

At a time of increasingly strained relations between Russia and the West, the halt in the supplies has underlined Europe's vulnerability to Russia's pipeline politics and reinforced Europe's need to offset its dependence on Russian energy.