nettlesome

Example Sentences

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Perhaps, some analysts suggested, it marked the demise of a nettlesome character whose usefulness — as a deniable military asset, international fixer and pro-Kremlin master of the media dark arts — had run its course.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2023

The ban on cameras was particularly nettlesome to the TV networks, which had to resort to showing what was going on outside the court rather than what transpired within it.

From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2023

But an equally nettlesome problem is a severe lack of mental health providers, particularly in rural America.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2022

JetBlue was once a “scrappy opponent” and American’s most nettlesome competitor in New York.

From Washington Times • Sep. 26, 2022

The flagon of mulled wine that Satin delivered helped them settle the more nettlesome points.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin