Sentence examples for was stretched thin from inspiring English sources

So even before the recession and the brownouts, fire service in San Diego was stretched thin.

I was stretched thin, doing most of the childcare and housework.

With 15 players used at a time in most competitions, the roster was stretched thin.

The skin was stretched thin, and I could see an outline of the tumor within.

The 320th Battalion was stretched thin; working in temperatures that regularly exceeded 120 degrees only added to the strain.

MI5 was stretched thin and obliged to make difficult judgments about which potential plotters ought to be closely watched.

Fitzpatrick's attention was stretching thin.

"We are stretched thin".

Army units were stretched thin.

And resources were stretched thin.

Lines of accountability are stretched thin.