Sentence examples for fraught said from inspiring English sources

An official at the E.P.A. in Washington, who insisted on anonymity because the debate over ethanol is so politically fraught, said, "Oxygenates do help reduce vehicle emissions, but there are ways to achieve those results without oxygenates".

Eurobond ReprintsMost fraught, says Mrs Weduwen, are discussions of the Middle East.

For them, the decision to come out at work might be more fraught, she said.

The issue is so fraught, she said, that even the basic terms used are very much in dispute — starting with the term pedophile itself.

This is because sexual subjects are always "emotionally fraught," he said, and each new euphemism eventually "gets contaminated" and prompts "the search for yet another euphemism".

Even so, the debate within the administration was unusually fraught, officials said, especially after Egypt had imposed a travel ban on seven Americans who were charged as part of the case against the American organizations.

Any change would likely be "very politically fraught," Aprill said.

Swimwear e-tailer SwimSpot found that women who visited its temporary pop-up stores needed extra help in picking swimsuits, which can be a fraught experience, said Chris Lohman, the Tustin firm's vice president of marketing.

But it was all a lot less fraught, Shankar says now with a wry smile, than many have tried to imply.

Neil Maskell and Michael Smiley give very good performances in the lead roles of Jay and Gal, two men who are best mates and professional colleagues, though their friendship is fraught, to say the least.

"It was very fraught," he says.