nettlesome
Example Sentences
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The same can’t be said of several recent top editors of the New York Times, hobbled variously by nettlesome personalities, bad timing and worse luck.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 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
And making the juvenile background checks work — amid wildly disparate state privacy and database standards — was persistently nettlesome.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 25, 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
Vocabulary lists containing nettlesome
