mare's nest

Example Sentences

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The behavior Bezos describes in his blog post does, though, create a mare’s-nest of issues regarding the portions of the nonprosecution agreement in which AMI promised to cooperate fully with the government.

From Slate

This became a mare’s-nest when Nyclass opposed the mayoral candidacy of Ms. Quinn at the exact moment people within the A.S.P.C.A. like Ms. Adams were trying to curry favor with her.

From New York Times

Tarquin was a great deal troubled by the signs of the times; or, rather, he was made so uncomfortable by an evil conscience, that if a snake appeared in his path, it seemed to hang over him like a horrible load; and if he went to sleep, there was a mare's-nest always at hand, to trouble him with a night-mare.

From Project Gutenberg

I suspect that Congreve, like myself, did not read the Reliqui� very carefully, but it is strange that no other of Lady Gethin's numerous contemporary admirers discovered the mare's-nest.

From Project Gutenberg

The automobile replaced the mare's-nest on TV last week.

From Time Magazine Archive