Examples of 'overstretched' in a sentence
Meaning of "overstretched"
To extend, expand, or push beyond normal limits or boundaries, especially in terms of resources or capabilities. This term is often used in the context of overexerting oneself physically, mentally, or financially
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- simple past tense and past participle of overstretch
- Subject to demands that are more than can be reasonably handled.
How to use "overstretched" in a sentence
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But we are overstretched and underresourced on the ground.
Public authorities can be overstretched and weakened.
Overstretched strengths turn into weaknesses.
I will invest in our overstretched public services.
Even professional road traffic educators are overstretched.
You would be doing their overstretched investigators a solid.
The span of control should not be overstretched.
Medical facilities are overstretched by the number of sick people.
Overstretched federal budget last year.
It occurs when the skin is overstretched suddenly.
She feels overstretched and unappreciated.
Our national health system is currently overstretched as it is.
I may have overstretched my point of view.
The units that currently perform outreach are overstretched.
You are tense as an overstretched rubber band.
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Health and educational institutions in these areas were overstretched.
The authorities were overstretched and panicked.
Organizational capacities should not be overstretched.
The ligament is overstretched or partially torn.
But they hurt because your tendons are being overstretched.
The facilities have been overstretched and overcrowding has been frequent.
The rubber rings must not be porous or overstretched.
This overstretched the management capacity of the regional programme.
The influx of refugees has overstretched facilities.
We are overstretched and under resourced.
Our armed forces are seriously overstretched and underresourced.
Overstretched judicial system reduces the quantity of fines collected.
A temporary means of augmenting overstretched capacities.
I would overstretched myself extending it.
They called me in because they are overstretched.
But we really overstretched ourselves when we came out here.
The security forces are already overstretched.
Facilities are overstretched and service is frequently interrupted by power cuts.
I think he might have overstretched himself.
I had overstretched my capacity to receive.
The social welfare system is also seriously overstretched.
The result was a court that is overstretched to the point of mutiny.
There is no doubt that the armed forces are overstretched.
Our resources are overstretched as it is.
We have a great team behind us and are never overstretched.
The expansion appears to have overstretched the lords financially.
The third is that financial markets appear overstretched.
Joints may be overstretched and muscle spasms can occur.
The knees are rather loose and not overstretched.
Usually the cells are overstretched and will collapse.
Historic parallels should not be overstretched.
We often find ourselves overstretched with such pieces of work.
The public sector is already overstretched.
Child labour and overstretched prison facilities were other challenges being tackled.
Such a material does not have to be as much overstretched as others.
