sore point
Example Sentences
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That’s been a sore point for investors worried about profits in the here and now.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026
Intel’s embedded graphics have long been a sore point for customers.
From Barron's • Dec. 29, 2025
For officials of the old guard, their inability to return a single young citizen kidnapped while chasing opportunities abroad he couldn’t find at home would become a sore point and symbol of an elite’s failures.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025
In China, Japan’s wartime atrocities have long been a sore point as Beijing maintains that Tokyo has never fully apologised.
From BBC • Oct. 13, 2024
I could tell she was still bristled at the idea of me and Rosaleen staying; it was the one sore point about our being here.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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