Sentence examples for touchy in from inspiring English sources

Are women more touchy in relationships than men?

But she is understandably touchy in her attitude toward the earlier author.

Those issues, touchy in the party fight, are likely to be lethal in a general election.

The agency's report concedes that closing hospitals is touchy in the extreme.

She also tries to figure out what to do when her boss gets touchy in the office.

The matter of gun control is particularly touchy in Pennsylvania, another state that remains too close to call.

The involvement of Mr. Perelman meant it was easier for Citigroup to put its own management in place, a touchy issue in most takeovers, one executive close to the deal said.

D'Antoni has been as blunt as he was in Phoenix, deftly wrapping any touchy observations in a blanket of good humor.

Grades are a touchy subject in [higher] education because in theory, the stakes (and the costs) for graduating students are quite high.

Although the rage for -- and against -- McMansions is evident in many areas of Westchester, new home construction is a particularly touchy issue in Scarsdale right now.

A school was named after him.Literacy, or rather the lack of it, can be a touchy subject in countries whose people are materially rich but may have difficulty in constructing a decent sentence.