Sentence examples for a tricky patch from inspiring English sources

From his office, still glancing at his phone, the boss acknowledges that the economy is in is a tricky patch.

He knew from charts, G.P.S., and his navigation system that it was a tricky patch — basically a flat coral reef covered by about four feet of water.

Together they weathered a tricky patch and heading for lunch it looked as though Hampshire might set a tempting target even though the Durham brains trust cautioned against optimism.

He hoicks an abysmal iron into a very tricky patch to the left of the par-three 5th.

What is clear, in any event, is that Christians in the Middle East are going through an unusually tricky patch.

But even if Keele negotiates its present tricky patch, many staff believe that the Owengate deal ensures that there's more trouble ahead.

A: Tricky.

Fortunately, there are bypasses around most of the tricky patches if you need them.

True, it still has its tricky patches, fried chicken joints, and the high street ain't all that.

It's just that comic scenes in Sea of Poppies tend to coincide with tricky patches of plotting.

Inserting capillaries into a live animal's brain for patch clamp experiments also entails a tricky operation, requiring exceptional care and surgical skill.