Sentence examples for thorny yet from inspiring English sources

The play, written by Donald Margulies (45, married for 13 years, with one child) and directed by Daniel Sullivan (59, divorced three times) tackles thorny yet elemental topics like how the pragmatic minutiae of a marriage -- "having kids... having to pay the mortgage... making the deadline... marinating the snapper," in Gabe's words -- can eclipse the passion.

Affleck's controversy is thorny, yet definitely buried in the past.

With the Middle East in an unprecedented state of turmoil, the need for smooth and orderly transfers of power in Saudi Arabia has become more crucial than ever - but who will inherit the kingdom in the coming years is a thorny issue yet to be resolved.

The issue that brought the looming political crisis to a head this week is the thorniest one yet: changes to the Greek labor market.

That thorny issue has yet to be decided, people involved in the discussions said.

However, for the super high dams of about 300 m having no precedent to go by, the challenge of a series of critical technical thorny problems have yet to be faced for dam earthquake engineers.

Mr. Abraham's "Pavement" is more elegiac, yet the thorny sightlines of the Damrosch bandshell did the piece few favors.

MOSCOW — Despite criticism that it will revisit yet more thorny tangles from Russia's past, Parliament has passed a law to restore to religious organizations property seized by the state in Soviet times.

Referencing the lyrics in "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", Leah Greenblatt from Entertainment Weekly felt that Cyrus was "just not (yet) that thorny a girl" despite visible efforts of rebellion.

The whole thing looks harrowing almost like a grittier, thornier Making a Murderer that, yet again, promises to lay bare one of the most disturbing flaws in the American criminal justice system.

Yet as this thorny issue has receded from the presidential campaign, the two candidates continue to refine their approach to it — especially in regards to illegal immigration, the most politically sensitive piece of the equation.