Sentence examples for somewhat thorny from inspiring English sources

As such, it bought up a somewhat thorny question: is there a place for humour in art?

Overall, the piece appears to draw a daring and somewhat thorny comparison between the annihilation of the Jews and the treatment of artists in the Soviet Union.

Buffalo berry, also called Rabbit Berry, or Nebraska Currant, (Shepherdia argentea), shrub, 2 to 6 metres (about 6 to 20 feet) high, of the oleaster family (Elaeagnaceae) with whitish, somewhat thorny branches and small, oblong, silvery leaves.

That harsh position now looks somewhat thorny, in light of the recent revelations about Jim Bob's eldest child.

Caatinga (white forest) refers to the generally stunted, somewhat sparse, and often thorny vegetation of the dry interior of northeastern Brazil.

Coquerel's sifaka (P. coquereli) is somewhat similar; it lives in the thorny forests of Madagascar's southern desert.

Thornless varieties do tend to be somewhat more sensitive to colder weather, making the thorny varieties a much hardier choice for most climates.

(He's covered somewhat similar territory with greater seriousness in his play "Collected Stories".) He also prefers to leave shrouded in mystery any thorny questions of his hero's ethics or motivations, providing only a fig leaf of psychology rather than thoroughly anatomizing Louis's mania.

And these thorny issues.

Things were getting thorny.

Cut off thorny tips.