How To Use Fly in the ointment In A Sentence

This fly in the ointment of growth inspires optimistic revolutionaries to change things overnight. Times, Sunday Times
You might sigh: "It's a fly in the ointment ah!
Rachel seems to be the one fly in the ointment of Caroline's smooth life.
Rachel seems to be the one fly in the ointment of Caroline's smooth life.
There is, of course, one fly in the ointment, and that is the fact that space exploration costs money.

The only fly in the ointment was Jacky.
We lead a very happy life here. The only fly in the ointment is that there's too much traffic on our road.
The fly in the ointment of the apothecary was a baby to you. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, September 10, 1892
Great love stories always need a fly in the ointment, and the vast majority end unhappily. Times, Sunday Times
As carbon dioxide production from vehicles is directly related to fuel consumption and annual mileage covered, the remaining fly in the ointment is the taxi problem.
We were having a picnic, when suddenly there came a downpour wasa fly in the ointment.
I'm looking forward to Sunday, the only fly in the ointment being the fact that I shall have to sit next to my mother-in-law.
The only fly in the ointment is that there are only two bedrooms.
Your new job sounds too good to be true . Isn't there any fly in the ointment?
The only fly in the ointment is the project stuff which is so onerous it would ordinarily have had me eating my desk blotter with frustration.