hard to take
Example Sentences
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All of this is hard to take at first.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
It certainly wouldn’t be too hard to take the country.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
Those forces make it hard to take aggressively bullish or bearish positioning ahead of Saturday’s planned talks, he added.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
He has submitted a claim for compensation, but said it was "hard to take" that doing his job "most likely" resulted in him being diagnosed with cancer.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026
She wasn’t as hard to take at the laundry as at home, though.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
