sticky wicket

Example Sentences

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"Now, that is proving more of a sticky wicket," she said.

From BBC • May 6, 2025

Another sticky wicket for my husband and I: How well should the chores be done?

From Slate • Jan. 2, 2019

The whole issue of 2018 estimated r.e. taxes paid in 2017 will be an extremely sticky wicket.

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2017

So it seems we’re in a real sticky wicket here: do you have to be unhappy to have meaning?

From Time • Oct. 11, 2016

“My advice is to not get tangled up with the law to begin with. Once you do, it’s a sticky wicket, that’s for sure! Not easy to extricate oneself, har har.”

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood