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Example sentences for: thorn

How can you use “thorn” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

If this is a thorn in your side, and Prudie believes it is, state your case, but be prepared to be disappointed.
Istanbul was forced to recognize this powerful thorn in its side as a semi-autonomous part of the empire, and granted hereditary status to the role of Pasha of Egypt.
Clinton has asked Helms' new pal, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, to meet with Helms and try to remove the thorn from his paw.
A glance at the Oxford English Dictionary reveals many archaic words written with the letters æ (ash), ð (eth), \?\ þ(thorn), \?\ (wynn), and \?\ (yogh).
and I had a Brown's Beach jacket with a reddish thorn in one of the pockets, which was my toothpick for thirty-five years, and a vest to match, and a flattened acorn I kept in the darkness; and I had a pencil