Sentence examples for but knotty from inspiring English sources

A neat conceit, but knotty to realise.

But knotty issues of Islamic family law have arisen in courts all over Europe.

But knotty ethical quandaries are cropping up as the mechanical guts, electronic sensors and digital brains of robots continue to improve.

In other words, she's the kind of beauty who wakes up in the morning with glowing (but not oily) skin, tossled (but not knotty) hair and, in Marcotte's words, morning breath [that] smells like cinnamon buns.

But one knotty issue -- whether gay and lesbian journalists should be members of Unity -- never made the agenda.

But one knotty legal thread does tie them together: the "public safety exception" to the Miranda warning against self-incrimination that the police are supposed to issue before questioning a suspect.

But a knotty plot is imperative to Mr. Athale's aims, since, like Robert Bresson's film "A Man Escaped" or Wes Anderson's "Bottle Rocket," this is ultimately a story about friendship, about people who would rather follow a delusional pal than logic.

The interactions that have been presented in this paper, and in the context of dementia, or possible dementia, diagnosis specifically highlights not only a considerable complexity needed within this context but also knotty interpersonal dynamics, which are being managed on an unfolding basis.

But those were knotty unions mostly (but not predominantly) because I hadn't a clue what I was doing.

The breath control helped, the man who'd performed said; the language was knotty, but mastering it took patience.

"Villages" is what Mr. Tuttle calls the five separate installations in this knotty but sparkling show of recent work.