Sentence examples for were overstretched from inspiring English sources
We see social workers were overstretched.
Elderly patients were neglected or roughly treated and untrained staff were overstretched.
Reid, the Senate leader, complained that US forces were overstretched and unable to meet their commitments round the world.
The usual answer turns on the suggestion that Bernstein's talents were overstretched by his heavy conducting, recording and publicity schedules.
Radek told the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung that the police were overstretched and were these days often unable to carry out their other duties.
Cutting spending very sharply at a time when demand was already weak and confidence low, and many households were overstretched, was always likely to lead to slow growth.
Our military is overstretched.
Naturally, it is overstretched.
The army was overstretched.
Primary care doctors already are overstretched.
"The trouble is that doctors are overstretched.
