Sentence examples for were stretched in from inspiring English sources

He echoed the words of the Met police commissioner, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howho who said on Sunday that the police were stretched in their counter-terror efforts.

Thibaut Courtois thwarted Sebastian Prödl and Étienne Capoue, yet they were stretched in the latter stages and relieved by the final whistle.

In this process, the reinforcing wires were stretched in tension, and the concrete was poured around them; when the concrete hardened, the wires were released, and the member acquired an upward deflection and was entirely in compression.

Under stretching along the x-axis, the red silver electrode wires were stretched in length along the applied strain direction, while the blue wires were stretched in width, perpendicular to the applied strain.

In addition to water, hydrophilic gels were stretched in three poor solvents: silicone oil, mineral oil, and in air.

For this purpose, four rate profiles, Linear, Sigmoidal, Logarithmic and Exponential, were chosen and films were stretched in Uniaxial Constrained Width mode using newly developed biaxial stretching machine.

IN a quiet room at Montclair State University, eight students were stretching in what looked like a yoga class.

"Employees are being stretched in terms of their disposable income".

— Lucy, Minnesota A. Lucy, you sound like you are stretched in many directions.

The Fed's balance sheet, moreover, is being stretched in ways that seemed unimaginable one year ago.

Such technology spending, to be sure, has slowed and has been stretched in the current downturn.