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.

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.

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

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.

Off, off, off, off, off, off, off.

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

Come on. Off, off, off, off, off, off.

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 should be noted by way of context that political relations between the two countries were seriously strained at that time.

She spoke of the strained relations between the Cayman Islands and the administering Power and of the ever increasing disparity of their interests.

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Comments from Washington considered that the move could irritate China on the occasion that the relations between China and the United States were strained.

At the Phi Phi Hill Resort, I was tucked into the corner furthest away from the television, but I strained to listen for information.

The Chairman As I announced yesterday, because of my strained voice, I will ask a Vice Chairperson, Mrs. Gabriela Martinic, to chair this meeting.

Even where reception systems may be strained by large numbers of illegal arrivals, it remains essential that proper procedures are in place to assess status.

The expansion of United Nations peacekeeping activities, both in numbers and in types of activity, has strained both the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and OIOS.

This would have a negative impact on the economy and put further pressure on the infrastructure, already strained due to the Ethiopian and Somali refugees.

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Switch off? Switch off.

PS Don't get off! Don't get off! Don't get off!

Didont, get off! Get off!

When he saw that he didn't prevail against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he wrestled.

When he saw that he didn't prevail against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he wrestled.

Although Mr. Hariri carefully avoided this debate, his relations with President Emil Lahoud, who is generally described as the favourite of the Syrian Arab Republic, were strained.

The balance of payments situation of much of SSA will be further strained by higher import costs for foodstuffs due to reduced subsidies in major exporting countries.

MICIVIH was instrumental in organizing a series of meetings bringing together the police and the representatives of the local community in Cabaret to repair their strained relations.

You're off your stick, way off.

Come on, get this off, you devils. Get it off. Get it off.