Sentence examples for thorny from inspiring English sources

About how the United States turned swathes of the desert radioactive during the cold war and denied it, bequeathing a medical mystery which to this day haunts Hollywood and rural Mormon communities and raises a thorny question: how much should you trust the government?

A thorny foreign policy issue arose after Thatcher approved a request from the German horticultural industry to name a rose in her honour.

Then today he used his first big speech as a majority prime minister not to wallow in the Conservative comfort zone, but instead to address the issue that the Tories often find most thorny: the NHS.

Before Merkel and Cameron sat down to discuss the thorny issue of the EU budget for 2014-20 over dinner at No 10, the prime minister said they were "both believers that European countries have to live within their means, as well as the EU".

While skirting the thorny subject of Greece, which has repeatedly drawn on emergency funds from the ECB through its Emergency Liquidity Assistance scheme, Draghi issued a strong defence of the bank's quantitative easing policy.

All the same, his support for the prime minister comes with thorny caveats.

Eight years ago, Clinton developed a thorny relationship with African-American leaders here amid a grueling and bitterly contested primary with Obama that was roiled by racial tensions.

More thorny is the question of religion, ethnicity and school provision.

Despite a vibrant arts scene, few artists risk exploring the thorny subject of sectarian violence.

But the congress in Zurich begins on Tuesday and several other thorny issues will be discussed.

As with its Baltic neighbours, Latvia has had a contentious relationship with Russia, and the rights of Latvia's ethnic Russian inhabitants (who make up about a quarter of its 2.1m population) remain a thorny issue.