hard put

Example Sentences

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If it’s possible to work around a no-beard policy when the stakes are life and death, I’m hard-put to imagine a job where accommodation isn’t possible.

From Washington Post

I’m hard-put to advise today’s graduates on how to succeed in the workplace.

From Washington Post

You will be hard-put to find the Mart mentioned in the literature about what Thomas Mann dubbed “German California.”

From Los Angeles Times

How did we get to the point where the United States would be hard-put to win even one major war — much less the two that it had planned to fight simultaneously during the Cold War?

From Washington Post

Even with that buildup, the United States will be hard-put to keep the South China Sea open by itself.

From Washington Post