(1) For instance, this thorny bush was growing near the entrance to our dormitory.(2) The plant itself is characterised by its long tapering sharp leaves with ribbed thorny ridges along the spine.(3) But in the UK, the important and thorny question of ethics is holding up research.(4) He is the only scholar to date to tackle that thorny question.(5) In an effort to deal with this thorny question, I will propose a method for discerning the elements of worship.(6) It made it harder for his sympathisers to dismiss the whole thorny question.(7) As time moved on, and in the process of looking for answers to difficult questions, the thorny issue of forgiveness cropped up.(8) He addresses this thorny question in his third book on the science of belief.(9) The thorny branches almost seemed to reach out and grab him with each step he took, ensnaring him in their grasp.(10) Yet all of these thorny questions will have to be addressed when inevitably he has a much smaller majority.(11) The bark was extremely coarse and the branches were thorny and brittle.(12) As the technology stands today, there's also the thorny question of deformed or reject clones.(13) Ignoring the stones sticking into his knees, Jack carefully parted the thorny branches.(14) Nearly all roses are well equipped with sharp thorns, and some are very thorny .(15) My garden in Arizona is filled with strange succulent plants and small thorny trees with green trunks.(16) Later she addressed the thorny question of American independence from the mother country.
