under (a/the) strain
idiom
: having to do too much, dealing with a difficult problem, etc.
She has been under (a lot of) strain lately.
He is holding up under the strain.
He cracked/collapsed/buckled under the strain.
Examples of under (a/the) strain in a Sentence
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The health system in Haiti is under strain, with facilities and hospitals in Port-au-Prince, the capital, forced to close, medicines in short supply, and medical personnel too afraid to leave their homes.
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Fredlyn Pierre Louis, NBC News, 22 Mar. 2024
Rescue shelters, already under strain from resource and veterinary shortages, are scrambling to confront their new reality.
—Sachi Mulkey, WIRED, 23 Mar. 2024
According to a report at the time by Italy’s Liguria Nautica website, six crew members suffered minor injuries after a hull support in the dry dock collapsed under the strain of Nero‘s weight.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2024
In recent years, aquifers, including those supplying Kingman, Douglas, Willcox and Gila Bend, have seen water tables drop under the strain of pumping, often by industrial nut, alfalfa and dairy operations that have moved in.
—The Arizona Republic, 13 Mar. 2024
But the relationship has come under strain because of Israel’s current military operation in Gaza, unleashed in retaliation for an Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas.
—Ahmed Mohamed Hassan and Aidan Lewis, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Feb. 2024
Hard-right politicians are seen at many farm protests, and the generations-old link between farmers and the conservative traditional parties are under strain.
—Raf Casert, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2024
Merida’s exit, effective Friday, presents another challenge to a newsroom already under strain as well as to the paper’s owner, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, who now must find a new top editor.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2024
Hard-right politicians are seen at many farm protests, and the generations-old link between farmers and the conservative traditional parties is under strain.
—Raf Casert, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Feb. 2024
Fredlyn Pierre Louis, NBC News, 22 Mar. 2024
Rescue shelters, already under strain from resource and veterinary shortages, are scrambling to confront their new reality.
—Sachi Mulkey, WIRED, 23 Mar. 2024
According to a report at the time by Italy’s Liguria Nautica website, six crew members suffered minor injuries after a hull support in the dry dock collapsed under the strain of Nero‘s weight.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2024
In recent years, aquifers, including those supplying Kingman, Douglas, Willcox and Gila Bend, have seen water tables drop under the strain of pumping, often by industrial nut, alfalfa and dairy operations that have moved in.
—The Arizona Republic, 13 Mar. 2024
But the relationship has come under strain because of Israel’s current military operation in Gaza, unleashed in retaliation for an Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas.
—Ahmed Mohamed Hassan and Aidan Lewis, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Feb. 2024
Hard-right politicians are seen at many farm protests, and the generations-old link between farmers and the conservative traditional parties are under strain.
—Raf Casert, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2024
Merida’s exit, effective Friday, presents another challenge to a newsroom already under strain as well as to the paper’s owner, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, who now must find a new top editor.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2024
Hard-right politicians are seen at many farm protests, and the generations-old link between farmers and the conservative traditional parties is under strain.
—Raf Casert, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Feb. 2024
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