My men were strained to the breaking point and in some cases exhausted.

This cruise had strained all of them to the breaking point, and he feared that worse was on the way.

But the closeness of the Florida vote has strained the system to the breaking point.

Any situation like this can strain a marriage to the breaking point.

In that time many have strained their emotional and financial resources to the breaking point.

We've been strained to the breaking point by crisis immigration.

Memory strands were strained to the breaking point, but held.

It meant straining the generators to the breaking point, however.

Even for a few minutes, his control had been strained to the breaking point.

With the sun now in the sky constantly this could not be done, and morale was being strained to the breaking point.