Sentence examples for thorny in from inspiring English sources

Uruguay-Argentine relations proved thorny in 2012 as a result of Argentine Pres.

In any event, of course, the issue of payments is a sensitive one, and it's made all the more thorny in wartime and in combat zones.

And if, from time to time, they call me pirata, it's in the expectation that I'll hurl back something equally thorny in return.

Various issues around the question of animal rights had recently turned thorny, in part because animal rights are perhaps not highest on Chouinard's list of concerns.

Using taxpayer dollars to finance family-planning services has become politically thorny in Texas, largely because of Republican lawmakers' assertions that the women's health clinics providing that care are affiliated with abortion providers.

But Sweden's neighbours will not let it transfer the deposit-insurance contributions it has made to them to Sweden (though they may agree on a top-up system).If this is all so thorny in Scandinavia, it could be even worse farther south.

The debate over oncology drugs is one of the thorniest in American health care.

The embryonic stem-cell debate is one of the thorniest in science and politics.

The United Nations International Civil Aviation Organizationn is convening a multinational meeting in September on the airlines issue, one of the thorniest in climate change.

Hours later, things got complicated — and this case is likely to get thornier in the months and years ahead.

The issue of auditor independence has grown thornier in recent years as accounting firms have remade themselves into full-service operations, in which auditing takes a back seat to more profitable consulting services.