Sentence examples for * the gordian from inspiring English sources

Indeed, the Gordian knot in Kosovo may just have tightened.

"You can't cut the Gordian knot," he said.

"When people get frustrated and irritated, they want to cut the Gordian knot".

Would an enlarged Security Council help President Obama cut the Gordian knot in the Middle East?

It is where Alexander cut the Gordian knot and Julius Caesar said, "Veni, vidi, vici".

They can cut through the Gordian knot of the UN's interminable processes.

And it's fair to say that he does not undervalue the Gordian complexity of that subject.

Paying homage to the Gordian analogy, many of Mr. Simerly's objects are wrapped, twisted or bundled.

Christine helped to raise Julie too, and maternal love adds to the Gordian knot of the drama.

The closest anyone has come to cutting the Gordian knot of the primaries was a little-known effort in 2000.

That in turn tempted German leaders, fearful that time was against them, to cut the Gordian knot with the sword.