Straining in a sentence

As it stood, he said the previously passed UN resolution calling for more humanitarian aid is not being implemented, straining the credibility of the UN.

Black Friday shoppers assembling a home security system can purchase multiple Blink Mini cameras without straining a budget.

Cathy Stroud-Caldwell, whose son Lincoln Caldwell is incarcerated there for a 2008 murder conviction, said she's been told water in the cells is rusty and prisoners have been straining it using their socks.

Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. has warned the high demand on his troops for disaster assistance is straining the military's overall capacity.

Headaches: Straining the eyes can create tension headaches.

He had proposed a $300 tax credit as relief for homeowners straining under rising property assessments.

He has already been shut down as a pitcher this season due to a tear in his right elbow ligament, but the Angels had held out hope he could to return as a hitter this month after straining his obliques in batting practice last week.

He suggested straining the noodles in a colander.

Higher levels of vaccination across the population will help reduce the number of hospitalizations and risk of straining the country's hospitals, CDC added.

I look over my shoulder and Nelson is leaning over the gunwale, a knife in one hand, straining to reach the entangled sturgeon as we turn and drift towards it.

Keep the bag in the freezer, and when it’s full, dump the contents into a pot, add water to cover, season with salt and pepper, and simmer until the stock has taken on its fullest flavor before straining.

Labor costs, especially the cost of traveling nurses and doctors, are also straining budgets.

Mr Johnson's proposed legislation allowing the UK to unilaterally abandon parts of the current arrangements that had been negotiated and agreed by the EU had inflamed tensions between Westminster and Brussels, which Mr Sunak is straining to smooth.

Pet owners showing up at shelters and trying to pass off their animals as strays are part of a growing trend of surrenders and abandonments that is straining shelters all over Alberta.

Several hundred more people crowded onto balconies high above, straining for a glimpse of the president.

The 32-year-old is clearly straining to get back on the pitch, but his movement appeared to restricted at the crease and he did not look entirely comfortable, despite doling out some powerful blows to batting coach Marcus Trescothick's throw downs.

The aim was to mimic the extreme bodybuilder look; all straining muscles and power.

The Jet 75 only weighs six pounds, so you'll be able to maneuver it into awkward places without straining yourself.

The only real noteworthy opening in the first 45 came the way of the hosts with just seven minutes gone – Dan Mooney straining his neck to meet a header inside the area but crashing it just wide of Christian Dibble’s target.

And it works: his two curfew-straining sets at London’s Hyde Park last year were maybe the standout live music event of the year.