Sentence examples for a sore issue from inspiring English sources

Is music in restaurants a sore issue?

The food stamp program has been a sore issue for Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg.

Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader, and his Republican counterpart, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, had a legislative throwdown on the Senate floor Monday afternoon over the future of the filibuster, a sore issue for both parties.

It's not and it's a sore issue.

The issue of witnesses at committee hearings has been a sore subject between Issa and Cummings for some time.

Traffic is an especially sore issue in Moscow: although world practice shows that more roads simply lead to more cars, Mr Sobyanin is proceeding with the disruptive and unpopular construction of a new multilane highway through northwest Moscow.

"It's a sore subject.

The environmental impact of living next door to a nuclear research lab is another sore issue.

(As someone who once bought two tickets on a discount airline from London to Dublin for the advertised price of £1 each, then ended up paying hundreds of dollars for the privilege of bringing along two heavy suitcases, I acknowledge having a sore spot on this issue).

If these patients worried about a medical issue – a sore throat, an aching leg – he would consider it a professional duty to investigate and to seek a remedy.

Jerry had recently been busted for possession, so the issue was a sore point.