Sentence examples for were under strain from inspiring English sources

Everywhere friendships were under strain.

He said several were "under strain" because of the new data.

Power grids were under strain as people in countries normally suspicious of air-conditioning suddenly jettisoned their reservations and embraced -- or longed for -- even a manufactured breeze.

If the economic underpinnings of Britain's "equipoise" were under strain in the 1860s, then so too was its political status quo.

He also noted that hospital accident and emergency services were under strain because migrants tended not to use GPs as a first port of call.

Bosses declared a major incident last month – which included cancelling operations and telling patients to stay away from A&E – after CQC inspectors said staff were under strain and patient care was suffering as a result.

But the alliance is under strain.

Today, this compact is under strain.

That dual bargain is under strain.

Yet the public system is under strain.

All this might be under strain.