How do you use Nettlesome in a sentence? See 5 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like annoying or cranky, plus the exact meaning.
Nettlesome in a sentence
Nettlesome meaning
- Causing irritation, annoyance, or discomfort; bothersome, irksome.
- Thorny; difficult to deal with, especially due to being complex or tricky.
Synonyms of Nettlesome
Using Nettlesome
- The main meaning on this page is: Causing irritation, annoyance, or discomfort; bothersome, irksome. | Thorny; difficult to deal with, especially due to being complex or tricky.
- Useful related words include: annoying, cranky, disagreeable, vexing.
Context around Nettlesome
- Average sentence length in these examples: 32 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nettlesome
- In this selection, "nettlesome" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 32 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, remove, barriers, paradox and news stand out and add context to how "nettlesome" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include is a nettlesome paradox of and rid of nettlesome news as. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nettlesome" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nettlesome
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It is a nettlesome paradox of government that taking a meat ax to a budget can often cost taxpayers more than it saves. (23 words)
At first glance, House Bill 1110 seems to remove nettlesome barriers set by local city councils to build more housing on lots currently zoned only for single units. (28 words)
Those nettlesome negotiations and slow progress were factors in premier Prayut’s absence at the Belt and Road Forum staged in Beijing and attended by various global leaders in May 2017. (31 words)
Ironically, on a day when the was playing catch-up on the Epstein story, it ran another inside the paper on the way the Chinese Communist Party has in expanding its own opportunities for corruption by getting rid of nettlesome news as well. (43 words)
The greater problem was illustrated by Mr. Johnson’s predecessor, called snap elections in the hope of translating strong polls into a stronger majority, only to and find herself reduced to a nettlesome minority government. (35 words)
Those nettlesome negotiations and slow progress were factors in premier Prayut’s absence at the Belt and Road Forum staged in Beijing and attended by various global leaders in May 2017. (31 words)
Example sentences (5)
At first glance, House Bill 1110 seems to remove nettlesome barriers set by local city councils to build more housing on lots currently zoned only for single units.
It is a nettlesome paradox of government that taking a meat ax to a budget can often cost taxpayers more than it saves.
Ironically, on a day when the was playing catch-up on the Epstein story, it ran another inside the paper on the way the Chinese Communist Party has in expanding its own opportunities for corruption by getting rid of nettlesome news as well.
The greater problem was illustrated by Mr. Johnson’s predecessor, called snap elections in the hope of translating strong polls into a stronger majority, only to and find herself reduced to a nettlesome minority government.
Those nettlesome negotiations and slow progress were factors in premier Prayut’s absence at the Belt and Road Forum staged in Beijing and attended by various global leaders in May 2017.