Sentence examples for which was stretched from inspiring English sources

The long-neglected public health system, which was stretched thin during the anthrax attacks of last fall, has received nearly $1 billion.

It consisted of a U-shaped metal frame, on which was stretched a narrow blade made from a clock spring, the best and most uniform steel available, for it was not forged but rolled in small, hand-powered mills.

After ten minutes of this, he got on the wire, which was stretched fifty feet between the balconies on either side of the room and guyed by two cavalletti anchored to the hardwood floor, about eighteen feet below.

My eyes followed the blood upward to its source: four large silver hooks pierced the skin of his upper back, which was stretched far beyond what seemed safe or even possible.

At the Bowery Ballroom show, there were a number of Ramones T-shirts in evidence, one of which was stretched over the slim frame of a rather intense young man who was explaining the Donnas' punk pedigree to a bored woman who I hope, for his sake, wasn't his girlfriend.

The textile was supported on new linen fabric which was stretched on a metal frame.

After finishing his workout in left field on Wednesday, Santana visited the Venezuelan team, which was stretching along the first baseline.

Eddie Jones described it as a "historic occasion", which was stretching things just a little, but no one could accuse the coach's new captain of failing to appreciate the solemnity of the moment.

Parchment, which is stretched and cured animal skin, needs some moisture to keep it from becoming brittle.

The militias will be deployed to help American and Afghan security forces, which are stretched far and wide across this mountainous country.

Instead, the military, which is stretched thin in the areas along the Afghan border, has favored negotiations, and the civilian government has acquiesced.