hard to understand
Example Sentences
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“For me back then, it was hard to understand why they cared so much. But it was because they saw potential in all of us so early, so we could see it for ourselves.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
Many of these diseases are linked to hundreds of mutations spread across different biological pathways, making it hard to understand how they collectively drive disease.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
“We don’t know how many of them are bogus, and how many of them are legitimate, and so it’s hard to understand how big of a problem it is,” Trujillo said.
From Salon • Mar. 12, 2026
It is hard to understand just how referee Chris Kavanagh and his assistant managed to give a free-kick.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
The impossible excitement that this engendered in Baby Kochamma wasn’t hard to understand.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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