gordian knots

How to use gordian knots in a sentence

• He did not know whether he could break off his engagement at all, so great was his horror of ruptures, of cutting Gordian-knots.

  Overlooked | Maurice Baring

• He is as intimate with the art of war; to him “gordian knots of policy” are “familiar as his garter.”

  Shakespeare, Bacon and the Great Unknown | Andrew Lang

• After a few 52 minutes of easy conversation, the minister abruptly cut all gordian knots and said: “Mr.–––, are you a Christian?”

  Trail Tales | James David Gillilan