difficult
Example Sentences
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"We lost a lot of people and our possessions. We lived a difficult and harsh life, displaced from one city to another, under bombardment and in terror."
From Barron's
You write, at the end of your book, that desperately difficult years lie ahead.
From Barron's
By the time we returned from our vacation—in those days we were never in touch with business, it was just too difficult—the stock was at $21.
From Barron's
This “invisible” stimulus, unlike Western-style packages, is difficult to quantify and has not significantly moved markets due to its decentralized nature.
From Barron's
There had been "difficult moments" in the Church as a woman, Dame Sarah acknowledged, just as she experienced in the NHS and in government - in her position as chief nursing officer for England.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
