touchy

Example Sentences

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Dealings with Saudi Arabia have been a touchy subject in Hollywood since the 2018 murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

The creation — and Carter’s expansion — of Redwood National Park has long been a touchy subject along California’s rural, economically depressed North Coast, where the once-thriving logging industry cratered over the last half-century.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2025

In most touchy situations where she’s called the play, the numbers moved because people trusted her instincts.

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2024

“With AI in videos it’s harder to know if someone’s original artwork has been stolen, it’s a really touchy subject”.

From BBC • Jul. 16, 2024

Where other elite athletes betray their doubts about their capacities with displays of touchy egotism, Woolf was utterly insouciant.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand