I reckon I strained myself.

Brotherly tempers started to get strained.

His face was strained and sweaty

Its fiscal weakness limits its ability to act as global policeman. Despite the relatively costless overthrow of the Qaddafi regime, America s prolonged interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq have severely strained the public s tolerance for an active foreign policy.

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.

Strategically, the war was an utter failure. A clear case of imperial overstretch, the war strained America s military, undermined the America s moral standing worldwide and its reputation in the Middle East, severely threatened its economy, and showed to both friends and foes the limits of American power.

Such mass migration will severely hurt already strained social relations in some countries and lead to unpredictable consequences. Only a coordinated global response can guarantee that in the long run people from the poorest billion will visit Europe as tourists and business partners, not as asylum seekers.

The judiciary, both national courts as well as magistrates', local and chiefdom courts, will continue to be severely strained in the near future, but would benefit in the near term from both additional logistical assistance and support for community based, including traditional, means of dispute resolution.

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.

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.

Severely hazardous pesticide formulations

(vii) Severely disabled persons

Spoke severely to nurse.

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.

by those who reprove severely,

by those who reprove severely,

He was allegedly beaten severely.

I will censure them severely.

(i) Guyana was severely affected by drought, while its gold mining industry was severely affected by water shortages

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.

The teacher scolded his students severely.

Guidance on the term severely restricted

C. Banned or severely restricted chemicals

Konstantin Yunak was reportedly severely beaten.

Truthfully, Sadao just scolded me severely.

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

I got scolded severely by that teacher.

C. Guidance on the term severely restricted

The flow of information was severely limited.

Collecting information on severely hazardous pesticide formulations

The complainant claims he was severely tortured.

He will be found and severely punished.

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

Even in normal times, particularly in developing countries, the capacities of these infrastructures are often strained to manage even the most basic social and economic development programmes, and a single disaster can severely disrupt the community lifelines that provide food distribution, water supplies, health care services, waste disposal and communications locally and with the rest of the world.

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.