tough time

The classical arts are having a tough time—labor disputes, slashed budgets, and a struggle to fill seats.

But he said he believes that both Wehby and Conger would have a tough time knocking off incumbent Sen. Jeff Merkley in November.

Magazines were going through a tough time in the face of a digital onslaught, but Vogue was faring better than others.

Like Verizon, it has an expensive network to maintain and plenty of debt, but is having a tough time finding new revenue sources.

Tech start-ups, for example, have had a tough time securing highly skilled foreign workers, especially engineers.

I'd have a tough time of it up here, if it came to a hand-to-hand struggle.

And say, don't you think I'm going to have a tough time of it stowing these long legs of mine away?

Well, you certainly had a pretty tough time in Germany, and I don't envy your experience.

For the time being, the hoods and punks were having a tough time of it, with working papers demanded as constant identification.

You are certain to have a tough time if you go on as you begin.