I reckon I strained myself.

Brotherly tempers started to get strained.

His face was strained and sweaty

29. Relations between judicial and police officials were often strained.

I'm strained already from carrying that big, fat poodle around.

Relations between italy and yugoslavia in 1926 were a bit strained.

We are aware that your heart is strained by what they say.

We are aware that your heart is strained by what they say.

During the reporting period, the political situation in the country remained strained.

Their need for shelter, food and medicine has already strained government resources.

Highly talented. Highly.

Education is the key to giving strained populations hope for a better future.

Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.

The recent violence in Khartoum and Juba undoubtedly strained intercommunal relations in those two cities.

As a result, the existing law is here on strained terms with an established practice.

In some countries, debt servicing has strained valuable resources that could otherwise be channelled to development.

However, IMF resources have become strained by the demands imposed on them by the recent crises.

I've had the responsibility of your mother, not mine for years, and I'm tired and strained.

Nevertheless, in this highly volatile security context, the capacity of the United Nations force is severely strained with the addition of new responsibilities resulting from Security Council resolutions 1572 (2004) and 1584 (2005), as well as the redeployment of the force imposed by the events of November 2004.

A Caribbean poet laureate tells us that the faces of men and women are strained and anxious.

Highly overrated.

Highly recommended.

This has substantially strained both the financial and human resources of the programme, which have not grown commensurately.

President Barack Obama recently journeyed to Moscow in order to reset strained United States Russian ties. The European Union, though not in need of a reset because of strained ties with its eastern neighbors, is involved in a deep strategic reconstruction of those relations.

The Appeals Chamber is bound to be strained as trials are completed by both the ICTR and the ICTY.

It's highly commercial.

They're highly imaginative.

Highly significant relationship.

He's highly intelligent.

They're highly imaginative.

Those and other violations of the rights of refugees and asylum seekers had strained the international protection regime for refugees.

One indicator of this was the increasing involvement of the ICSC secretariat in staff litigation, which strained its limited resources.

It takes 24 hours in a very highly developed laboratory, in highly skilled hands.

Shame is highly, highly correlated with addiction, depression, violence, aggression, bullying, suicide, eating disorders.

Particularly highly strung men like your husband. Is he highly strung, do you think?

upon highly honored pages,

upon highly honored pages,

That is highly debatable.

It is highly dangerous.

Highly strung type, eh?

You are highly amusing.

Well, it's highly unorthodox.

Very highly thought of.

No, just highly improbable.

Highly irregular, you know.