Sentence examples for face a thorny problem from inspiring English sources

Designers of the machine face a thorny problem.

For two months the federal judge presiding over mountains of litigation against the auction giants Sotheby's and Christie's knew that he faced a thorny problem: how to select the lawyers from at least 25 firms across the country to lead the growing class-action suit charging the two houses with price-fixing.

Thus, we are facing a thorny problem threatening many lives, and it seems that the difficulties of curing cancer are out of our grasp.

Prudence is always a nice trait in a leader, especially in the face of a thorny problem like Libya.

Now that he's getting ready to finally release his debut album, he's faced with a thorny problem: how do you move on from making a song as ubiquitous as the ice-bucket challenge?

Still, a thorny problem remains.

With emotion recognition, they stumbled onto a thorny problem.

Wal-Mart presents a thorny problem for the government.

Medicare is a thorny problem; Social Security, by comparison, is a cinch.

Mountaintop-removal mining presents a thorny problem for a publicly held company like Arch.

The city's plan represents an excellent start for dealing with a thorny problem.