thorn

Example Sentences

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At this, the thorn of guilt rammed deep into Clare’s flesh.

From Literature

“And that we have somebody that was a former All-Star pitcher, someone that was a thorn in our side as the Padres, and becomes a thorn in the side for other people.”

From Los Angeles Times

But while playing one day, he got a thorn in his eye.

From BBC

Until one drizzly raw afternoon when just enough light came through the window to read by, I came to Paul’s account of his “thorn in the flesh.”

From Literature

Unibev was already well-known as a thorn in the side of Tesla’s trademark lawyers.

From The Wall Street Journal