How to Use thorn in a Sentence

thorn

noun

• The artist had long been a thorn in Mr. Lukashenko’s side.
  — Alex Williams, New York Times, 25 July 2023
• The 52-acre Landmark Mall site has long been a thorn in the side of the city.
  — Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2020
• But that’s not the only thorn in the firm’s side right now.
  — Anne Sraders, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2023
• The law has proven to be a thorn in the side of gig companies.
  — Sara Ashley O'Brien, CNN, 8 Oct. 2020
• But the Saints have been a thorn in their side in recent years.
  — Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2022
• The Globes has long been a thorn in the academy’s side.
  — Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2021
• The next morning, a tiny thorn got wedged into the sole of my son’s foot.
  — Anja Mutic, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2023
• Gallaher has been a thorn in the side of the village for years.
  — Corrinne Hess, Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2023
• Thanathorn has long been a thorn in the side of Prayuth's government.
  — Star Tribune, 20 Jan. 2021
• The Chinese gaming hub of Macau has been a thorn in Wynn’s side.
  — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2024
• This sounds great and all, but every rose has its thorn.
  — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 3 July 2022
• Ah, disunity -- that constant thorn in the side of the EU.
  — Luke McGee, CNN, 19 June 2021
• The move was successful, but made Young a thorn in Trump's side.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 13 Sep. 2022
• My home as a child had one, and in my case, those thorn punctures can hurt for weeks.
  — oregonlive, 27 Nov. 2021
• In large numbers, crown-of-thorns starfish can mow down wide swaths of coral reef.
  — National Geographic, 3 Mar. 2020
• Heyward has been a thorn in the Browns’ side since he was drafted in the first round in 2011 out of Ohio State.
  — cleveland, 11 Sep. 2023
• The sensitivity question has been a thorn in the side of the rapid test from the start.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Dec. 2021
• If Manchin was one thorn in Schumer’s side, Sinema was the other.
  — Grace Segers, The New Republic, 13 Sep. 2022
• However, the one team that has been a thorn in his side is the New Orleans Saints.
  — Doug Ziefel, Chicago Tribune, 5 Dec. 2022
• Ankara, however, hasn't always been a thorn in the side of the alliance.
  — Nadeen Ebrahim and Abbas Al Lawati, CNN, 29 June 2022
• It's supposed to be a kind of a thorn in Klaus' arse a little bit.
  — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 13 Aug. 2020
• Ansari was for years a thorn in the side of Afghanistan’s pro-Western government.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2022
• But to do so, Biden will have to navigate two groups that could be a thorn in his side.
  — Charles Hankla, The Conversation, 4 Dec. 2020
• Except his olive branch and this plan carry a few thorns.
  — Andrew Callahan, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2024
• The bond market has been a thorn in the side of equities lately.
  — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
• His decades-long ties to China have been a thorn in the Harris campaign's side.
  — Cameron Cawthorne, Fox News, 16 Oct. 2024
• In our brochure: a father’s grief over his dead father, the thorn broken off in a hand.
  — Kaveh Akbar, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2021
• Only Great Britain, with its mighty navy, remained a thorn in his side.
  — Washington Post, 5 May 2021
• But while Swiatek is often able to cruise through matches, Ostapenko has been a bit of a thorn in her side.
  — Jesus Jiménez, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2023
• Ransomware has been a thorn in the side of state and local governments for years.
  — Sean Lyngaas, CNN, 13 Dec. 2021

Last Updated: 22 Nov 2024