Sentence examples for this delicate question from inspiring English sources

Answering this delicate question poses the further question of whether an era of influence is ending for the West, to be replaced by something less familiar: modesty.

This delicate question was the subject of an essay by Susan Cheever in The Fix, titled "Is It Time to Take the Anonymous Out of A.A.?" Given that she has written books about both her alcoholism and that of her father, the writer John Cheever, as well as one on the history of A.A., it's not hard to guess whether she is an A.A. member.

They want to be sure their efforts will be effective, so they'll ask their publicist: "Will it sell books?" Book flacks have developed several sophisticated strategies for dealing with this delicate question.

LOS ANGELES — The Hollywood awards season, never a simple matter, is complicated this year by the delicate question of how Michael Douglas will figure into it.

While this disparity presents an opportunity, it also raises the delicate question of which species get to survive the current extinction crisis.

THAT leaves the delicate question of ditching Joe Biden.

The family would often discuss at length the delicate question of how much pizzo to charge.

Then there is the delicate question of how hard to clamp down.

His health woes have raised the delicate question of his successor, an issue that causes great squeamishness for all involved.

The wife decides the delicate question of who is the father of a child, and her word in this matter is law.

Apart from the difficulty of breaking emotional bonds to the city, there is the delicate question of breaking leases.