TOUCHY in a Sentence

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They are touchy on the subject of religion and you have to pick your words carefully when talking about it.

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 Meanings and Examples of TOUCHY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
touchy
 a.  tending to take offense with slight cause; oversensitive; requiring special tact or skill in handling
Classic Sentence:
1  Not to grieve a kind master, I learned to be less touchy; and, for the space of half a year, the gunpowder lay as harmless as sand, because no fire came near to explode it.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
2  His heart was sore and bewildered at Suellen's conduct and his vanity, the shy, touchy vanity of a middle-aged bachelor who knows himself to be unattractive to women, was deeply wounded.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
3  At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up Gregor's room was for her and her alone.
Metamorphosis By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In III
4  But, if you be ashamed of your touchiness, you must ask pardon, mind, when she comes in.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
Example Sentence:
1  When I rejected that as nonsense, he accused me of being touchy.
2  They are touchy on the subject of religion and you have to pick your words carefully when talking about it.