Sentence examples for in the ointment from inspiring English sources

The only fly in the ointment?

There was one fly in the ointment.

Enter the fly in the ointment.

But there's a fly in the ointment.

There was, however, one slightly unsettling fly in the ointment.

The fly in the ointment is human behaviour.

"They went after the fly in the ointment," he said.

There is a fly in the ointment, however.

"This may be a fly in the ointment," he said.

There are two small flies in the ointment.

There is always a caveat, and the fly in the ointment this time is corporate taxes.