Sentence examples similar to we were stretched thin from inspiring English sources

"We are stretched thin".

"On a good day, we're stretched thin," Mr. Patton said.

We say everything is O.K. while the senators who went to Iraq last week say we're stretched thin in the face of more and more attacks by Saddam loyalists.

So we are stretched thin.

"We're stretched thin, but on the other hand it's a good time to grow, and Southern California has a lot of work expected," said Maureen Mo Hayeses, vice president of business development for Parsons Corp., an international engineering and construction firm.

Army units were stretched thin.

And resources were stretched thin.

The company's resources were stretched thin, Ms. Johnson said.

Denikin's lines were stretched thin, and he lacked reserves.

Rescuers were stretched thin as aftershocks continued for weeks, complicating their efforts.

Put simply, they were stretched thin and weren't sure how to fix the situation.