Sentence examples for thorny decision from inspiring English sources

The decision creates a thorny decision for Baron's son Billy, a sophomore guard who scored 13 points per game.

Leinart's availability left the Jets, a team with many needs and no star power, with a thorny decision: Go for the safe pick or the sexy one?

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In the waning days of a breakout season, Kevin Durant will be confronted with thorny decisions.

Keeping Claussen would have made those thorny decisions a little easier.

He serves as an intermediary between the campaign staff and the candidate, delivering difficult messages and gauging the correct moment to approach Mr. Gore for thorny decisions.

His exit after little more than a year comes as the White House is facing thorny decisions about Iran's nuclear program, the future of Afghanistan and the spread of militancy from Pakistan's tribal areas.

The case of the Haqqani network, run by an old warlord family, underscores the thorny decisions that will have to be made over which Taliban-linked insurgents should win some sort of amnesty and play a role in the future of Afghanistan.

As President Obama's top lawyer, Mr. Craig has been at the center of thorny decisions on closing the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and revising interrogation and detention policies, problems that have bedeviled the new administration and generated fierce battles inside and outside the White House.

Ross said he would be very careful to "recuse" himself from thorny decisions, a response that Blumenthal noted doesn't really help much.

There is no thornier decision in medicine than the decision to rescue a tiny baby.