Sentence examples for practical nightmare from inspiring English sources

But the transition, says Barking and Dagenham's principal, Cathy Walsh, has become "a practical nightmare".

Dividing Hong Kong would have been a practical nightmare.

By preserving the status quo (non-recognition of same-sex marriage) with respect to federal benefits, Congress reduced the incentives for "marriage tourism," forestalled the use of federal courts for LLDEF's litigation strategy, and averted the "legal and practical nightmare" that would result from disparate treatment of similarly situated same-sex couples for purposes of federal law.

"The real problem is that trying to develop a vaccine that would have to be tested on pregnant women is a practical and ethical nightmare," added Mike Turner, head of infection and immuno-biology at the Wellcome Trust.

"Trying to develop a vaccine which would have to be tested on pregnant women is a practical and ethical nightmare," said Mike Turner, head of infection and immunobiology at the Wellcome Trust.

"They aren't that practical – toilet trips are a nightmare," she said.

Sixteen pages long and laid out in an easy-to-read format that features graphics and a centerfold map, the booklet is a practical guide to dealing with nuclear nightmare.

The past few years, however, have shown how this practical necessity can descend into an ethical, financial and personal nightmare.

It is one which Lord Rees does not relish: "Geoengineering would be an utter political nightmare", he acknowledges, as well as stirring up practical and ethical dilemmas we can't begin to imagine.

Last week, I noted that another approach to avoiding the nightmare of Windows security hassles is to switch to the Macintosh, where practical.

"Nightmare, nightmare," he said.