The disagreement seriously strained the playwright's more than 20-year relationship with the company.

A couple's marriage is seriously strained when they strike it rich in journalism.

However, this emphasis seriously strained China's resources and capital and led the leadership in the late 1970s to shift to development of light industry.

Destruction caused by the Second Indochina War from 1954 to 1975 seriously strained the economy.

The relations with Sweden were seriously strained.

Further, there are more than three million Afghan refugees that are seriously straining the Pakistani economy.

Her frivolity precipitates the first of many domestic clashes that seriously strain the Redlichs' marriage.

A couple's marriage is seriously strained.

During those years he repeatedly asked his wife and mother to send him money, and indulged in a "Bohemian life" that seriously strained his marriage.

Destruction caused by the 1954-75 Second Indochina War seriously strained Vietnam's economy.