Sentence examples for potential quagmire from inspiring English sources
Michael Gove has made it clear that lessons should focus on the birds and the bees and not the potential quagmire that lurks beneath sexual relations for young people.
He briefly joined the fight to halt a slaughter in Libya, but left quickly and refused to go into Syria, a far more complex civil war he saw as nothing but a potential quagmire.
That such a potential quagmire lies in wait for what appears to be a simple idea is evidence that the land swap did not receive a full vetting before it was made public -- making it all the more difficult to assess the winners and losers in any potential deal.
We are paralyzed at home -- as we turn our attention to a potential quagmire abroad.
On the psychological side there is Vietnam syndrome, essentially abhorring foreign wars as potential quagmires.
Yet as convenient as constitutional restraints and public opinion may be to stay out of potential quagmires, they shouldn't be confused with Germany's knee-jerk pacifism of the past.
"But there are also fears about a possible quagmire.
But, as French troops launched ground operations this week in support of local forces, how far are France's European allies prepared to be sucked into a potential Malian quagmire?
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 — In adamantly refusing to declare waterboarding illegal, Michael B. Mukasey, the nominee for attorney general, is steering clear of a potential legal quagmire for the Bush administration: criminal prosecution or lawsuits against Central Intelligence Agency officers who used the harsh interrogation practice and those who authorized it, legal experts said Wednesday.
But, even more intriguing, and a real potential legal quagmire, is the fact that with a relatively simple adjustment in technology, TiVo and Replay could also permit viewers the chance to copy programming onto a DVD and that has the television industry very nervous, indeed.
"Why do we have to see them here?" To bypass potential zoning quagmires and to keep costs down, wireless service providers sometimes prefer to locate conspicuous monopoles on public property, like the one at the Ardsley rest area of the New York State Thruway.
