Sentence examples for to touchy from inspiring English sources

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to touchy

adjective

Extremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the point of becoming unstable; requiring caution or tactfulness.

  • It is an extremely touchy situation, with everybody's patience wearing thin.

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All of this might have come easily to Touchy Feely Tennant, but Matt Smith's weirdo Doctor really comes into his own this week – he's never looked more alien.

Mr. Foster has a long history of designing thoughtful additions to touchy historical structures, including the British Museum in London and the Reichstag in Berlin.

In a post-rally interview over beef nachos and bottled water, the Texas-educated Cabeza de Vaca switches easily between English and Spanish – though when talk turns to touchy security topics, he says, "Let's talk in English," and lowers his voice.

Even dialled to "touchy", brake regeneration never causes a driver's head to jerk forward, and power – available from zero rpm – is meted out in big, proton-packed dollops.

The front-runner, Mitt Romney, has taken a schizophrenic approach to touchy Hispanic issues.

Try not to be to touchy, and watch what you say around the both of them.

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She is happy to introduce Touchy to the wonders of this planet.

Mr Portillo's transformation from right-wing ideologue to touchy-feely liberal clearly baffled some of his audience.

And then, in a progression meant to move from less sensitive topics to touchier subjects, it is on to D for drugs and finally the three S's: sexuality, suicide and safety.

In addition to having to navigate touchy regional and historical minefields, Ms. Bokova finds herself objecting to what, on its face, is a generous gift for a worthy cause.

But the boys who read it are quick to relate to its touchy subject matter.

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