Sentence examples for weakened ties from inspiring English sources

Yet, the distance from Britain and the isolation it imposed strengthened rather than weakened ties with it.

The killings have badly strained the already weakened ties between the Bush administration and the Palestinian Authority.

The war in Chechnya weakened ties between the centre and the non-Russian republics and polarized Russians and non-Russians (about 19% of the population) in a way not seen since 1991.

"President Obama's feckless foreign policy has emboldened our adversaries, weakened ties with our allies, and threatens to break faith with our military," she wrote in a statement to The Huffington Post.

Some blamed a lack of engagement by Streeter and the board's chairman, Larry Probst, as well as weakened ties to the International Olympic Committee.

In addition, inmates serve their sentences in prisons far from their families, weakening ties that help prisoners stay clean after their release.

The mayor justified the decision to reduce the Patum's links to the church in the context of a secular society with weakening ties to Catholicism.

Mr. Miliband, himself the son of Jewish immigrants, emphasized the importance of relations between Israel and Britain on Tuesday and said the uproar over the forged passports should not be used to weaken ties between the countries.

This was an effective strategy to weaken ties by spreading fear, anxiety and distrust.

President Hollande was clear that this was not about weakening ties with America.

However, stigmatization not only leads to marginalization through various policies, but also has the potential to weaken ties and social support received from law-abiding citizens (Petersilia 2008).