heavy sledding

Example Sentences

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All I can tell you for sure, though, is that it gets to be some pretty heavy sledding.

From Slate • Jul. 15, 2020

I saw “Rosencrantz” and “Travesties” on the same day, fresh off the plane, and I had expected them to be heavy sledding.

From New York Times • May 1, 2017

The first few chapters of White Trash can be heavy sledding due to the density of information and occasional clumsiness of Isenberg’s prose.

From Slate • Jun. 15, 2016

Whatever the reason, this account makes heavy sledding out of what ought to be a hoot, the actors all working double time.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2011

I It was heavy sledding on the Upper Ottanoonsis trail.

From The Backwoodsmen by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir