Today the rapid growth of the female inmate population has strained whatever limited programs exist.

The company's remarkable growth in fact had strained Orvis's sense of direction.

The growth in curriculum and community outreach strained financial resources.

The rapid growth of many Asian nations has strained both their infrastructure and environment.

The growth has overcrowded the schools and strained the sensibilities of parents.

Such frenzied growth is straining the traditional family structure of the big Chilean enterprises.

Aggressive growth in an unfavorable market strained the Company's liquidity.

China's spectacular economic growth, in particular, is straining the supply of natural resources throughout the region.

The problem now is that growth and unemployment are straining against the limits of what even the new economy would permit.

By the early 1950s, post-war growth had severely strained the College's facilities, causing a need for a new campus.