Sentence examples for A delicate question from inspiring English sources

A delicate question for anyone on the Myhrvold beat: Even with his many accomplishments, has he fully reached his potential as a thinker and entrepreneur?

Which brings me to a delicate question.

"Mae, I have to ask a delicate question.

Which brings up a delicate question: Should he help?

What it's actually called, however, is a delicate question.

Mr. Thurmond's retirement has raised a delicate question here.

A more delicate question is whether actually performing an action is a sufficient condition for having the ability to perform that action.

In 1887 what The New York Tribune termed "a rather delicate question" arose with an applicant, Wiltshire Payne.

WASHINGTON — Last Wednesday evening, the White House convened a 90-minute meeting to tackle a looming, delicate question: What should be done with the Libyan dictator, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, if he were captured alive, either in Libya or in a neighboring country?

That is a particularly delicate question for someone like Ms. Ferguson, whose activism had made her a confidante for a number of victims who told her their stories but wanted to remain anonymous.

"To be ambitious, not overambitious, not underambitious – this is a very delicate question," he said.