Sentence examples for a thorn of from inspiring English sources
Its antennae are long, many-feathered, reapers; its sides and back when exposed in flight are mechanical, interlocking plates; the pointed abdominal terminus appears as a thorn of bronze and shining poison; its elytra – the burnished wing cases – a work of carved and figured mahogany.
Hamas's rhetoric of bluster and bravado provides incendiary sparks to this tinderbox of a situation, but in reality Hamas is nothing but a lowly midge on Israel's mighty military radar: a thorn of necessity, if you will, in their side.
He lifted one of his bare feet to pull a thorn out of his heel.
But, by way of a thorn, he of course added he had no intention of shutting up.
Indeed, Q Investments has become something of a thorn in the side of Cedar Fair's management and board.
Mr. Mirkarimi "has been kind of a thorn in the side of law enforcement in San Francisco," Mr. Ross noted.
He didn't come to Somerset and plant a thorn, like Saint Joseph of Arimathea.
(Stephen Brashear / Getty Images) More photos "He's a bit of a thorn in our side," board member Chris Marr said of Schnarr.
I approached the head of the makeup department with a crude drawing of a thorn.
