Sentence examples for vexed state from inspiring English sources

The brownfields issue has vexed state lawmakers for years.

It is also salutary to hear the Springbok captain, John Smit, talking this week about the legacy of that same series – "It was hard for every South African to watch Guscott put that drop-goal over" – and the desire around the country not to spend the next 12 years in a similarly vexed state.

And yet the vexed state of intellectual property law a proliferation of ever more complex rights governing research and development—is complicating this future.

The three of us met up at Mary's reading, and afterward we talked for hours about the vexed state of readers who had loved and revered the original Atticus.

I argue in turn that the question of whether or not to broadcast the emperor's voice had less to do with concerns over divine status than with the vexed state of imperial sovereignty at the moment of radio's inception, and the potential utility of the broadcast medium in resolving an attendant crisis in the constitutional order.

RICHMOND — The Virginia General Assembly ended its annual session Saturday with passage of a sweeping transportation deal, handing Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R) a qualified victory on an issue that has vexed the state for a generation but that also puts him at odds with the conservative wing of his party.

Some challenges that have long vexed the state have taken on new urgency.

"It's just the latest attempt to solve a problem that has vexed the state for well over a century: How to move water so it satisfies all of California's demands and desires".

Cable was among officials from 23 offices of state attorneys general who met at HLS on February 28 and March 1 to discuss technology-driven challenges to privacy and data security that vex state regulators and threaten consumers.

That question has been vexing the state for much of the last decade, with enormous budget cuts to higher education and increasingly high tuition.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton vexed observers in Pakistan and beyond when she stated a simple truth "It's absolutely unacceptable for those with means in Pakistan not to be doing their fair share to help their own people while taxpayers in Europe, the United States and other contributing countries are all chipping in".