touchy
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Dealings with Saudi Arabia have been a touchy subject in Hollywood since the 2018 murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025
"He captures Dylan's craning stance and the way he used hair and sunglasses as a mask, the insistent buzz and keen of his speaking and singing voice and the odd, touchy, insularity."
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2024
He is too needy, too touchy, too wanting of Eugene’s attention, which is doled out sparingly.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2024
In most touchy situations where she’s called the play, the numbers moved because people trusted her instincts.
From Slate • Aug. 19, 2024
But Al Ulbrickson wasn’t one to waste a lot of time trying to figure out a touchy kid’s tender spots.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
Vocabulary lists containing touchy
The Catcher in the Rye
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