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Thorny meaning
Having thorns or spines. | Troublesome or vexatious. | Aloof and irritable.
Example sentences (20)
Although a very thorny dossier still remains: How to deal with, cajole, and satisfy the Taliban leadership in Kabul.
And by definition, these are the complex, thorny – we will use the word intractable problems.
A nuclear test is a red line for Beijing, and Pyongyang needs economic aid from China to deal with its thorny economic situation.
Beyond who builds and owns the chargers, however, there are other thorny issues to untangle.
Business leaders are facing a thorny dilemma.
But you know, I do also feel, I’m not nearly as thorny as I was.
Conservative MPs see it as an overtly political visit – an opportunity to smooth relations that may otherwise be left bristling after the thorny business of thrashing out a deal.
Express View on ‘Queen Cleopatra’: The African queen and some thorny ques.
Father Peter Damian, a priest from the Kumbakonam diocese, took charge of the desolate land with thorny bushes, transforming it into the magnificent church it is today with the help of Fr Cassian from Canada.
Goldfish movie review: A thought-provoking two-hander between Kalki Koechlin and Deepti Naval, this film leaves us with these thorny questions, and the welcome possibility of redemption.
His post read, “The credit for the feats that appear to be puffing the likes of Burna Boy up have to be properly ascribed to the greats who cleared the thorny paths that have created pathways for his likes to walk through practically effortlessly.
In today’s column, I address this rather thorny question and do so by citing a claimed or contended example of perhaps that very kind of competitive reconnaissance within the techie field of AI.
I SAVOURED Mark Smith’s erudite piece on the subject of poetry, politics and patriotism ("The thorny truth about the white rose of indy", The Herald, November 10 and Letters, November 11).
It raises thorny questions about the appropriate way to interpret the text: Does Section 4, read properly, prohibit anything beyond putting the federal government into default?
NEW YORK (AP) — Striking members of the Writers Guild of America have said they will not picket next month’s Tony Awards telecast, clearing a thorny issue facing show organizers and opening the door for some sort of Broadway razzle-dazzle on TV.
Osman’s delicious detective romp continues as the fourth instalment in the mega-selling series that finds the members of the Thursday Murder Club presented with their most thorny case yet.
Players can also find more near Thorny Thicket and around The Outskirts area of Bahari Bay.
The House of Commons voted 515-29 to back a key portion of the agreement, which is designed to resolve a thorny trade dispute that vexed U.K.-EU relations and triggered a political crisis in Belfast.
THE “KING” of Philippine fruits will not only be sporting the “majesty” of all its thorny spikes and disperse its pervasive scent, and all that it has been known for.
The statement paves the way for years of rumination about their thorny relationship, explored throughout this slender, powerful autobiography.