Sentence examples for had been problematic from inspiring English sources

But keeping my maiden name had been problematic.

"It was quite visible how the response had been problematic and the negative impact this had on the capital city, in particular," Earle says.

In an interview on Sunday with NBC News, Mr. Clapper acknowledged that his answer had been problematic, calling it "the least untruthful" answer he could give.

His foreign minister, Syed Hamid Albar, later told Secretary of State Colin L. Powell that the speech was more critical of Muslims than of Jews, and that only "one or two portions" had been problematic.

But he said certain parts of the law were confusing and others illogical, while some of the ways the commission had carried out the law — including the consumer database — had been problematic.

Young Bill Wilson had vowed never to touch liquor because it had been problematic for his forebears, but when someone placed a cocktail in his hand at a spiffy social gathering in 1917, his inhibitions and sense of social inadequacy gave way to a rosy glow of self-confidence.

But it has been problematic.

The mediation efforts have been problematic.

Robert said the Crumb name has been problematic for Jesse.

That has been problematic for me," she added.

His case has been problematic almost since he was captured.