Sentence examples for when things get sticky from inspiring English sources

If Gaddafi screams "imperialism" when things get sticky, our politicians find it convenient to denounce "multiculturalism".

Perhaps the defence secretary knew so little because of his unhappy knack of always being on holiday when things get sticky.

Worse still, when things get sticky, they reach for the ghoulish stereotypes that spread fear through Daily Mail-land: benefit scroungers, feral youths, problem families.

Wu-Tang Clan's RZA is the umpire and when things get sticky in the final, Murray receives a pep talk from – who else? – rapper Lil Jon.

And this is when things get sticky.

When things get sticky, state your concerns in a lighthearted way, Cohen-Sandler says.

Mr. Lourd, who represented a bid organized by Bob and Harvey Weinstein and the investor Ron Burkle, worked phones, rattled cages, poured on charm when things got sticky and lobbied the Disney chief executive, Robert A. Iger — until talks fell apart, and Disney moved on to the next prospective buyer.

That's where things get sticky.

And that is where things get sticky.

Finally, Hetherington worked all the data into a paint-by-numbers typology, which is where things get sticky.

The question is how to preserve this pastoral idyll, and that's where things get sticky, in several senses.