Thorn used in a sentence

Thorn in a sentence as a noun

The guy hasn't even been a thorn in anyone's side for years now, it's time to let it go.

The emergence of bitcoin is a thorn in the side to chartalists.

So clearly going to fail at this, their job is done, they can just eat popcorn while the big G sinks under the waves and stops being a thorn in their side.

Might there be a way for the tech community to punish this podunk little area for letting themselves become a thorn in everyone's side?

Graphics support has been the biggest thorn in Linux's side for years, and dividing the ecosystem at a time when Valve is poised to finally revolutionize things is pretty despicable.

It's entirely plausible that Arafat could have been murdered...but considering that he was a thorn in Israel's side for around 40 years, you're in no position to talk about him dying at an opportune time.

Not necessarily because "ooh no, he's going to find out we have lots of people of a certain race working in that building", but most likely because they hired some guys to get a job done and not be a thorn in someone's side.

It's a constant thorn in the side of any business who wants to standardize and automate their material handling, because without consistent pallets, automated systems can't be reliable.