Sentence examples for were strained from inspiring English sources

Our relations abroad were strained.

Top notes were strained and approximate, and support seemed shaky.

By the end, all the relationships were strained.

The police were called, buildings were evacuated, nerves were strained.

The networks were strained but just about coping.

Relations with the rest of the world were strained.

At first, relations between longtime shop owners and the arrivistes were strained.

Reports also suggested that relations between Abramson and Thompson were strained.

Relations with Japan were strained by old kidnappings and new suspicions of spying.

Relations between China and France were strained before the Beijing Olympics in August.

That was overshadowed by subsequent relegation and McLeish's relations with the Birmingham board were strained.