Sentence examples for painful wrangling from inspiring English sources
Despite Russia's painful wrangling with aspects of the American system, Russian-Americans interviewed for this article said they deeply appreciated the opportunities offered by life in the United States and admired its system of democracy.
After painful wrangling, the Egyptians got the full Israeli withdrawal they wanted.
The budget agreement, which President Obama said would produce "the largest annual spending cut in our history" came after painful wrangling between Democrats, who sought to preserve as many social programs as possible, and Republicans, who sought to make even larger cuts.
Putting it into action could take months, or years, and involve a lot of painful political wrangling, at a time when European voters' patience is wearing thin.
But after a rare month of budget peace at City Hall, after the successful negotiation with the City Council that managed to avoid most painful cuts, the mayor appeared to be initiating a new round of wrangling over potential cuts.
The Lisbon text reflects years of wrangling: going back to the drawing-board would be politically "too painful", says a senior official.
They are already warning that Congress will face painful tradeoffs when it returns from its summer recess next month and begins wrangling in earnest with Mr. Bush over next year's spending bills and the array of policy choices within them.
Further wrangling followed.
Bulgaria cannot afford prolonged wrangling.
Wrangling over Aamer continues.
