cut the Gordian knot

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

He was continued at his post the next year and hailed with joy the proposition to cut the gordian knot that bound the Colonies to mother Britain.

From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by Judson, L. Carroll

But as it is absolutely requisite to allot a summer camping-ground to the Turcomans, the government is not a little perplexed how to cut the gordian knot.

From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Hell, Xavier Hommaire de

We shall have cut the gordian knot of slavery, and the death agonies of the hydra would soon be visible.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

In 1824 Elizabeth Heyrick, a Quaker woman, cut the gordian knot of difficulty in the anti-slavery struggle in England, by an able essay in favor of immediate, unconditional emancipation.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

It was Captain Martin who cut the gordian knot and ended the already too-long debate.

From The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution by Sue, Eug?ne