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"Thorny" in a Sentence (17 examples)
While Tom was picking blackberries, the thorny canes scratched his arms and legs several times. "Next time I do this," he told Mary, "I'll be sure to wear long sleeves so that I don't get so many little scratches."
For giraffes, the thorny acacia leaves are a feast.
Thorny as they are, brambles give blackberries.
Tom brought up a very thorny subject during the barbecue.
Even so, she says broaching thorny sexual topics in a region as culturally diverse as south Florida is no easy task.
We need these thorny shrubs for the fence.
Avoid stepping on thorny bushes.
Although the brambles are thorny but they produce blackberries.
Tara flour is one of two products made from the seed pods of a thorny shrub native to Peru. One of those, tara gum, has been used safely for years as a thickening agent or stabilizer in human foods.
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Westcott doesn’t even consider the thornier question of fan fiction based on real and often living people, for instance, the “bandslash” or “bandfic” phenomenon built around rock-star characters and often homoerotic subplots.
Six weeks into the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the thorniest issues surrounding the pact remain unresolved.
Museums have recently begun to confront the same thorny question, with several issuing public apologies for collecting the remains of people believed or known to have been enslaved.
Station capacity in London, Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam remains a thorny issue, as does obtaining suitable Channel Tunnel-compliant trains.
Mr. [Jake] Sullivan noted that turning away from thorny global issues like climate change would not stop them from posing a threat to the United States, and the world.
Come, Jo, don't be thorny. After studying himself to a skeleton all the week, a fellow deserves petting, and ought to get it.
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