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

Thanks to heavy Scottish accents among the cast, though, some Americans will find him and other characters hard to understand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 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

Mrs. Brook says people have a hard time understanding me because I have Asperger’s so I have to try extra hard to understand them and that means working on emotions.

From "Mockingbird" by Kathryn Erskine