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How to use the word Tricky in a Sentence? Page #4

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We'd find needles or people's drugs, it's a tricky thing, managing a public restroom in a big, busy square like Central Square where there's a lot of drug use.

Joshua Gerber

Found on CNN
6 years ago

I don't like the word' stealthing.' It sounds like something tricky and distasteful, but kind of like a fad, by calling it nonconsensual condom removal, we make clear what the harm is.

Alexandra Brodsky

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Look, you always have to be concerned, you don't know exactly who you're dealing with. I had a great great meeting with the president of China and that meeting tells me a lot and you've seen a lot of things happen. They have a pretty good power, not a great power perhaps, but a pretty good power over North Korea. We're gonna see what happens. It's a very, very tricky situation.

Donald Trump

Found on CNN
7 years ago

It's always tricky, what I would suggest is that people are allowed to make poor choices when they're adults. So assuming that the patient has the capacity to make decisions about this, they're allowed to do as they please.

Michael Perskin

Found on CNN
7 years ago

It's a really, really tricky question because it's such a complex sociotechnical system we are talking about that involves, you know, social norms and legislation and people's practices and homes and their devices and the Internet.

Antti Oulasvirta

Found on CNN
7 years ago

I don't think Roger is going to have played anyone like Marcus. I know that for a fact. It will be tricky, that's what Marcus always is. He makes opponents win matches. He serves well, serves big, puts pressure on.

Liam Broady

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Stranger things have happened, I know that, andy Murray's so tricky, Andy Murray's so talented. Andy Murray's very aware of what Andy Murray's doing on the court, how to make it awkward for people.

Liam Broady

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

It's going to be pretty tricky to prove unless they have someone who was on the ground.

John Zach

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Marketing is tricky for us in Cuba because we did not grow up in a world of supply and demand.

Erick Carballo

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

I came home and went to bed at whatever time we finished, i haven’t been in it, so I don’t want to speak on something I haven’t read. I think that’s dangerous. It’s definitely something that being at the festival, the media these days, you come to a film festival about film and people talk about all different types of things. You know? That can be definitely tricky to navigate, I’m sure. I don’t want to speak about something I haven’t read.

Blake Lively

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Technology development testing can be a tricky beast, you never know on a given day if things are going to work exactly like you want.

Brogan BamBrogan

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

I have useable sight and during the day, I can run independently pretty [well], during the dark hours, that’s when it’s going to be tricky. What we’ve decided is I am going to run in the early morning hours, because I’m an early person, and then come sunset, I’m not going to run because I’ll be fatigued and my eyes don’t work as well.

Jason Romero

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Following the breakdown of its M&A prospects, the organic route to 'safety' for Oi looks increasingly tricky and the prospect of debt restructuring more likely.

Richard Dineen

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The Zika virus is very tricky. We should expect to see more cases. We should expect this to be a long journey, but the government commitment led by President Rousseff is commendable, base don what I have seen here, I can tell you: the mosquito is difficult, but it cannot beat Brazil.

Director General Margaret Chan

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It's always tricky with these conditions -- the wind was going back and forth, some people got headwind, some people got tailwind. I'm just really happy to come away with another win and another record.

Lindsey Vonn

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It was tricky. I didn't feel great, it was good to get through that one.

Briton Murray

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It’s going to be a little bit more tricky for some applicants.

Adonia Simpson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This is a tricky case.

Mayihlome Tshwete

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It was a really tricky market where it was easy to get tripped up, i wouldn't be surprised to see more closures if it continues to be a challenging environment.

Morningstar Inc

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If this really was intended as a 'nobody but us' back door and then subverted by a nation state, that's a tricky place for policymakers.

Dave Palmer

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

No doubt it's not impossible but given the complexity of some of these issues and the relatively recent date on which the Prime Minister sent his (renegotiation) letter, it's not going to be easy, we'll see where we are before the European Council meeting on December 17. If that's not possible we will go into next year and the next scheduled European Council is in February and that gives us a few more weeks to work on these very tricky issues.

Jonathan Faull

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It's tricky to predict court rulings, but I'd bet the court will stick to its guns.

Stuart Buck

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I think it's going to be tricky because the music app is separate from YouTube Red, plus they have other separate apps, if I'm a casual user I'm going to find that confusing.

Cortney Harding

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

For dengue to occur you need concentrated areas of people - it's a city-based disease and a tricky one to eradicate because the dengue mosquito bites during the day, unlike the malaria mosquito.

Martin Hibberd

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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