Sentence examples for was stretching thin from inspiring English sources

Fitzpatrick's attention was stretching thin.

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.

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

The long-neglected public health system, which was stretched thin during the anthrax attacks of last fall, has received nearly $1 billion.

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

Macklowe, too, was stretched thin.

My family's income was about $85,000 -- a sum that was stretched thin.

By then the X Corps was stretched thin along a 400 mile front.