THORNY in a Sentence
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Example sentences for THORNY, such as:
1. The dog hurt one of its pad when it stepped upon a thorny path.
2. This thorny problem on the environmental protection floored the new mayor.
3. He made an effort to recall the Protestant theology on some thorny points and in the end addressed Mr. Cunningham.
4. The Brazilian president supports other Latin American leaders to stick together over such thorny issues as US farm and steel subsidies.
2. This thorny problem on the environmental protection floored the new mayor.
3. He made an effort to recall the Protestant theology on some thorny points and in the end addressed Mr. Cunningham.
4. The Brazilian president supports other Latin American leaders to stick together over such thorny issues as US farm and steel subsidies.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of THORNY
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thorny
a. bristling with perplexities
a. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
Classic Sentence:
1 He had thought of Jo in reaching after the thorny red rose, for vivid flowers became her, and she had often worn ones like that from the greenhouse at home.
2 The front yard was enclosed by a thorny locust hedge, and at the gate grew two silvery, moth-like trees of the mimosa family.
3 He made an effort to recall the Protestant theology on some thorny points and in the end addressed Mr. Cunningham.
4 In a bee-line, through the underbrush, which is peculiarly dense, very thorny, and very aggressive in that locality, a full half hour was necessary.
Example Sentence:
1 The dog hurt one of its pad when it stepped upon a thorny path.
2 This thorny problem on the environmental protection floored the new mayor.
3 The Brazilian president supports other Latin American leaders to stick together over such thorny issues as US farm and steel subsidies.