Sentence examples for put a thorn from inspiring English sources

While there are different shades of opinion about high-speed rail, urban and motorway speed limits and road tolls, aviation is the real transport issue with the potential to put a thorn in the coalition's side.

We were talking a month or so ago and I pulled our family Bible off the shelf, and I said, 'Look here where St .Paul says he thanks God for putting a thorn in his flesh so that he would not become exalted in his own eyes.' And I said, 'Maybe this is the thorn in our flesh, and we should be thankful for it.' She said, 'Well, that's a stretch — but I get the point.' ".

Thorn added: "You never put a player out if he doesn't feel confident that he's in good shape.

Of Mann and Frau A tricky start to the year The gates are open ReprintsLike any seasoned politician, Ms Thorning-Schmidt took the criticism in her stride and contrived to put a positive spin on the event.

Two: near the end, the Writer puts a crown of thorns on his head.

Mr. Gregory's desire to stay put has made him a thorn in the city's side.

Put the thorns on the ridges, outward from the stem and arms.

A group called Muslims for Progressive Values noted a story in Islamic tradition in which Muhammad was tormented by a woman who put thorns in his path and went so far as to hurl manure at his head as he prayed.

Going out before dawn on a cold morning, he'll put together a construction of thorns- "gluing them together with his spit," McDormand says.

"They put thorns on the beach where I walk.

It seemed to some that it was nature that had done the original inventing, by putting thorns on a branch, and all Glidden had done was to copy it.