Sentence examples for seems invidious from inspiring English sources

DQ: But what seems invidious about prizes is that choosing a winner excludes others.

There are a good number of superb contributors, and it seems invidious to pick out one, but anything by Margalit Fox is worth reading.

It seems invidious to choose only one south-west Wales beach – Barafundle, Whitesands and Mwnt, are all hard to resist – but Marloes is very special.

It seems invidious, for example, that Malaysia's political parties are all race-based (a few of the small parties claim to be otherwise, but Keadilan is overwhelmingly Malay, Gerakan and the DAP are overwhelmingly Chinese).The past year has also seen a first-class inter-racial row on the subject of schools.

But, as Van Gogh wrote when admiring this painting, "Rembrandt says things for which there are no words in any language".Artistic comparisons inevitably turn into contests, yet it seems invidious to declare a winner here, especially when the real winner is the viewer, who gets more than the sum of the exhibition's parts.

Under these conditions, it seems invidious to suggest that there are ethical concerns with the implementation of new PE screens [155], rather it would appear unethical to ensure the widespread implementation of such assays, especially in developing countries where access to high-quality care is limited [10,39].

And while it might seem invidious to mention cost, there is a cost to the public purse – and a high one.

"After an old-fashioned, all-round team performance … it might seem invidious to single out one player," admits the paper before singling out one player.

If the comparison seems an invidious way to begin reviewing "On Histories and Stories," Byatt's new collection of lectures and essays, let me point out that the first writer she mentions, in the book's first chapter, is Margaret Drabble.

Mr. Moore also seems fond of invidious pairings.

In one respect, that seems an unnecessarily invidious way of representing the relationship between groups and their members.