Sentence examples for were strained as from inspiring English sources

Relations between the administration and medical staff were strained, as were those between management and the board of directors.

Reilly's words were strained as he talked and propelled himself along the course.

Her nerves were strained as two tight strings, and even the glass of hot wine that Vronsky made her drink did not help her.

And by the end relations were strained as chairman and trust diverged from Thompson and management on talent pay (greater transparency versus less) and dealing with the licence fee settlement – radical options, service cuts not ruled out versus "salami slicing" and more business as usual.

The ISI had been unaware of Davis's CIA role in Pakistan, where he was employed to protect operatives gathering information about groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba, a militant Islamist group close to Pakistan's intelligence service and linked to terrorist attacks against India, and relations between the CIA and ISI were strained as a result.

Her nerves were strained as two tight strings.'.

The German grid is strained as never before.

Focus and morale have been strained as much as budgets and manpower.

The social compact under which the firefighters work and sometimes die is strained as never before.

And once again: arrange the whole trip so that you are strained as little as possible and don't save money on that.— N.B.

As mentioned previously, the criterion is that the steel should be strained as close as possible to its yield strain.