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how can use TOUCHY in the sentence?

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2011	http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/x4.asp?t=4082494&ID=642395360	A	B	C	tough times? SCOTT-KELLY-1MARK# You know, we're not that, you know, touchy feely kind of people. And so, you know, when I call,
http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/x4.asp?t=4082558&ID=641491031			A	B	C	tragedy postponed all legislative business. The question of when to resume has been a touchy subject, conducted amidst a vicious debate among the political parties on TV and in
http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/x4.asp?t=4082714&ID=641412369			A	B	C	find these patrons have a difficult time knowing what to do when confronted with this touchy topic. But Sarah Symonds doesn't hesitate. SARAH-SYMONDS-1IN# We tend to look at
http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/x4.asp?t=4089476&ID=644260398			A	B	C	boy. Here we go. I'd never realized until we had kids how touchy an issue visits with our families could be. Mitch's job as an air
http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/x4.asp?t=4089479&ID=644601298			A	B	C	his muscled frame, and his homeboy manner, had always struck Clara as oddly touchy and vulnerable. He was likely to overreact to the smallest thing. Nearby,
http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/x4.asp?t=4089499&ID=646442136			A	B	C	Hello! How rude was that? " Dawna had arrived and was at her touchy best. She tends to translate adrenaline into confrontation once she forces her way past
http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/x4.asp?t=4090444&ID=644948037			A	B	C	what I'd secretly felt since we knew Father was dying, I was still touchy about it. But Chief said " A thoroughly merciful provision, " and attention
http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/x4.asp?t=4090449&ID=645091915			A	B	C	've got actual homicides to investigate. " Mark hung up. Paul was acting touchy. Mark wondered if it had anything to do with the story he wasn't
http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/x4.asp?t=4084529&ID=635408450			A	B	C	her out as she's reaching for the cookie tray. Diet and weight are touchy subjects, even between close friends. If she brings up the weight issue again
http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/x4.asp?t=4087765&ID=647829073			A	B	C	hard to tune properly -- was just-so. Brakes felt firm, not stiff or touchy, and made themselves known the moment your foot requested. # The wagon weighs
http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/x4.asp?t=4072525&ID=515156862			A	B	C	's a, oh, you did a good job. It's a little touchy for touchless. GEORGE-STEPHANOPOU# (Off-camera) Even I can do it. GRAPHICS BECKY-WORLEY-1-AB# (Off-camera) Way to
http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/x4.asp?t=4072692&ID=515838044			A	B	C	conciliatory, you know, and kind of more interested in kind of a warm touchy- feely moment, you know. " The Conversation " is a good book,
http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/x4.asp?t=4072796&ID=516289884			A	B	C	friend can deliver the hardest truth. JOSEPH-BIDEN-Vice: I realize this is a very touchy subject in Israel, as well as in my own country, but because that
http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/x4.asp?t=4072805&ID=516329833			A	B	C	, that ain't your man. VICKI-MABREY-1-AB# (Voiceover) A lot of humor on this touchy topic, but things turn serious when they start sizing up who's made it
http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/x4.asp?t=4072970&ID=513502292			A	B	C	. NORTHAM: Right. Yes, this has always been a very, very touchy subject. He's the head of the provincial council in Kandahar, which is

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