Sentence examples for tricky stages from inspiring English sources

Froome has kept on the front foot since the opening weekend, when he mastered the tricky stages through Brittany without any time loss, without crashes and without undue stress.

Along with his fellow Grand Tour winners Vincenzo Nibali, Nairo Quintana and Alberto Contador, the Sky leader is among the favourites who will need to negotiate and survive a series of largely flat but extremely tricky stages through the Netherlands, Belgium and the north of France if they are to remain in contention for victory in La Grande Boucle before the peloton hits the Pyrenees.

Froome and his Team Sky colleagues were similarly happy with their efforts over the first three days as they safely negotiated two tricky stages in Yorkshire and a slippery rain-soaked finish in London.

"We're getting to the tricky stage where it actually matters," he said.

In that tricky stage moment, Moore leaned in and had a tender way with him.

As it transpired, he had done so with all his children at one tricky stage or another.

The government in Beijing was angered by the Bermuda move, viewing it as an attempt to undermine confidence in Hong Kong during a tricky stage of the handover negotiations.

5.51pm BST Route dilemma We're at that tricky stage again, where a choice has to be made about routes to take to Denver.

I think I'm at a tricky stage… it's quite a hard age and quite difficult to find good roles.

He urged lawmakers to create special clean-energy financing mechanisms (under consideration in Washington) to assist projects through this tricky stage.

With a CV that already includes the BBC costume-drama Miss Austen Regrets and a forthcoming film version of Jane Eyre, Imogen Poots is well aware that she's at a tricky stage in her development.