Some gun control advocates say privately that addressing the issue is simply too touchy a matter.

Such decisions are always a touchy matter in Washington because they signal who has power and who does not.

The other is to cast recorded votes on touchy matters.

The new population controls are a very touchy matter and the vote in the House tomorrow is likely to be close.

Perhaps it was just as well that a similarly touchy matter arose before she arrived.

This is a touchy matter in volunteer politics for the old frequently work for the young, and vice versa.

The strangest compromises came with the touchy matters of church government.

A touchy matter, her beauty and her money.

"But choosing which ones is a very touchy matter."

Perhaps that is because picking on the audience would open up the touchy matter of class divisions in America.