We do our best to be impressive under strained circumstances.

They fell for his little game as nicely as he could have hoped under these strained circumstances.

And if that was so, he would see his wife-especially under the strained circumstances.

After its initial run, the program expanded to include any broken families in strained circumstances, struggling to care for orphaned children.

Most obviously, it demonstrates the strained circumstances of the age.

However, his father, who had promised to pay for his education suddenly died leaving the family in strained financial circumstances.

Such a lack of corruption was rare at the time, and put the family in strained circumstances.

He never stops marveling, especially at this time of the year, how those teams could continue to win under such strained circumstances.

Cornell's father died in 1917, leaving the family in strained circumstances.

He spent the first 20 years of his life in strained circumstances.