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How to use the word strained in a Sentence?

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That’s good news for a very strained and stressed system, but Images Senators probably need five, six or maybe 10 more years of this to really make a big dent in the situation there, but this is much more encouraging to see.

Mario Tama/Getty Images Hatchett

Found on CNN
1 year ago

At a time of unnecessarily strained relations between Jerusalem and Washington, Florida serves as a bridge between the American and Israeli people.

Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think we need to break the vicious cycle for the people in terms of national interest without neglecting such a prolonged strained relationship between South Korea and Japan.

Foreign Minister Park

Found on CNN
1 year ago

A theme that can’t go unnoticed this month is how traders are rewarding firms for cutting jobs. With corporate layoffs making headlines each evening, you might think the consumer is strained. Maybe not so much. It turns out that demand is decent.

Frank Newman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Because our mental health systems are so strained, with psychiatrists and therapists who work with youth in short supply, pediatricians like me are increasingly having to take on these roles.

Scott Hadland

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It’s very difficult, i know we’ll get back to where we were eventually, but right now, it is strained.

Denise Richards

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I look forward to a bicameral conference process that builds on the broad bipartisan support of the Senate-passed U.S. Innovation and Competition Act to supercharge microchip manufacturing here in America, to fix broken and strained supply chains, and invest in the innovation needed to ensure the critical products of today and tomorrow are made in America, we have no time to waste.

Chuck Schumer

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It definitely puts a strain on the system, on an already-strained system, right now, we have probably a 40 % reduction in staff currently, today, due to Covid or Covid exposure. With that, everybody else here has to pick up a significant amount.

Parker Banks

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The spread of the Omicron variant couldn't come at a worse time for restaurants, going into the holiday season, operators were already strained by increasing supply costs and staffing challenges, now consumer confidence is falling just as we're entering the final weeks of the year.

Sean Kennedy

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Even just a few weeks ago, we were in a different phase of our vaccination effort when supply was more strained and states, for the most part, were ordering at or near their full allocation.

Gretchen Whitmer

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It appears to me that the city elected officials are the only ones holding the burden when( Brown's death) was caused by county deputies, that's really sad and that shows you how strained the relationship is with the county commissioners and city council.

Councilman Michael Brooks

Found on CNN
2 years ago

When Mexico's capacity is reached, we process the families and place them in immigration proceedings here in the United States, we have partnered with community-based organizations to test the family members and quarantine them as needed under COVID-19 protocols. In some locations, the processing of individuals who are part of a family unit has strained our border resources.

President Biden

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

The Angels didnt starter Andrew Heaney said. Many of The Angels didnt, including Justin Upton and Brian Goodwin, took a knee for the national anthem while As players Khris Davis and Tony Kemp raised a right fist to the air. Los Angeles opened the season in Oakland for a fourth straight year. TWO DECADES At age 40, Albert Pujols earned Albert Pujols 20th consecutive opening day start in as many years the fifth player to start the opener in 20 straight years. The others : Pete Rose, Carl Yastrzemski, Eddie Murray and Frank Robinson. Pete Rose went 0 for 3 with a walk. Pretty spectacular, isnt it ? New Angels manager Joe Maddon said. That puts it all in perspective how great New Angels manager Joe Maddon is, what New Angels manager Joe Maddon career has looked like, just to get 20 opportunities, right, youve got to be good. Weve had a lot of great conversations lately, he and I. Very happy for him and his family. I know its important to him. Hes definitely ready to rock and roll. TRAINERS ROOM Angels : New 3B Anthony Rendon missed the opener with an oblique injury. Hes been progressing, Im encouraged, New Angels manager Joe Maddon said. Athletics : LHP A.J. Puk, on the injured list with a strained shoulder, played catch. General manager David Forst said Puk would go to the clubs alternate site in San Jose when the club hits the road. Puk had cortisone and platelet rich plasma injections Monday. Its going to be at least a couple weeks of just playing catch, manager Bob Melvin said. Were a ways off before we have an update on him. WHAT A FEAT David Rinetti, As vice president of stadium operations, marked David Rinetti 40th opening day with the organization after working David Rinetti first in 1981 as a high school junior. David Rinetti received a 113-page document to get the ballpark ready in two weeks. Its pretty incredible. It was a lot of work.

David Rinetti

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

I'm going to be honest with you : We can't have many more of these, we can't make this a regular habit or our capabilities as a community will be strained.

Clay Goddard

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I'm gong to be honest with you : We can't have many more of these, we can't make this a regular habit or our capabilities as a community will be strained.

Clay Goddard

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Our officers, we've told them, don't get in the middle of trying to enforce social distancing. You talk about strained community relations with police, now we're going to tell people they can't stand — you're five feet apart, you're not six — we really need to take a step back and think it through.

Chief Umberger

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Families who were living paycheck-to-paycheck are now reevaluating week-to-week, as are landlords. Owners and landlords are also financially strained.

Priscilla Almodovar

Found on CNN
3 years ago

They have the bed capacity but what obviously has become strained, stressed, are these hardworking nurses and doctors and respiratory therapist, that's where we've now pivoted in the last week or so to move our doctors.

Mark Esper

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Inasmuch as this is a truly unprecedented event, the State Department's capacity to do this is being strained. We're talking to the Department of Defense as to whether they can potentially help us out in lining up aircraft.

Ian Brownlee

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

If you do this you have a strained balance sheet, period.

Christian Ledoux

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

All the airlines have some extra planes at any period of time. But in the summer the system is strained more tightly.

Philip Baggaley

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The projections are dire, our capacity is already severely strained, but these increases will overwhelm the system entirely. This is not a' manufactured' crisis. This is truly an emergency.

Kirstjen Nielsen

Found on CNN
5 years ago

There's no beds, they're definitely strained right now.

John Sandweg

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It's a nationwide problem. Let's address it that way, it's a nationwide problem that people are self-medicating for several different reasons, and every agency -- police, fire, medical hospitals -- all are strained at this time. This is a problem that's not going away.

Fire Chief John Alston Jr.

Found on CNN
5 years ago

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