On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Difficult. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as hard or tough and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
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Difficult meaning
- Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.
- Hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome.
- Unable or unwilling.
Synonyms of Difficult
Using Difficult
- The main meaning on this page is: Hard, not easy, requiring much effort. | Hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome. | Unable or unwilling.
- Useful related words include: hard, tough, effortful, problematical.
- In the example corpus, difficult often appears in combinations such as: difficult to, difficult for, more difficult.
Example sentences (20)
But it is very difficult to reach those people because these communities are difficult to reach.
He said: ‘It was just such a difficult, difficult time.
Huw Merriman, a junior Conservative transport minister, said it had been a "difficult night and it may get more difficult".
I commend this year’s judges in their difficult role of choosing the award winners in a competition that is becoming increasingly difficult every year as Malta’s entrepreneurial spirit continues to grow.
It also noted that bonuses and compensations to cover expenses were difficult to refuse during this difficult period.
Often, stories are very difficult to share, and it can be difficult to speak on camera.
Phillips won’t get organizational or financial support from the Democratic National Committee or state parties, making campaigning more difficult in an already-difficult run against a sitting president.
She talked about how her difficult previous work experiences gave her a "backbone of steel" that prepared her to handle difficult situations at work in the future.
The hell dimension of often has difficult terrain, and it is made worse when there are large pools of lava that can be rather difficult to get across.
The scope of the damage was difficult to ascertain early on, with power and internet failures making communication on the far-flung island difficult.
The winter season is a particularly difficult time for the blood supply due to school breaks, vacations and harsh weather conditions that make it difficult for donors to make it to the donation centers.
This feels difficult because it is difficult.
Unfortunately, say it’s difficult or extremely difficult to start a patient on a specialty medication.
Asked if he had made them more difficult to analyse and less predictable during his short time at the helm to date, he said: “I hope so but I really don’t care if we are easy to analyse, if we are difficult to play against.
Both teams are also learning that while it's difficult to get to the top of the sport, it's even more difficult to stay in that rarefied air.
From a consumer psyche perspective, one difficult episode or downturn in the stock market, one difficult message, can reenergize that recession conversation.
He continued: “Six weeks made it very, very difficult – impossible to do both, difficult to find a seat.
I don’t really sense the passing of time, so I find it difficult to understand how long I’m taking to complete tasks or to estimate how long a task might take, which can make deadlines and planning really difficult.
In terms of housing, nearly half (48pc) of learners who are renting said they find it difficult or somewhat difficult to pay rent, with 29pc saying their living situation causes stress, anxiety or worry.
It was a difficult game today, a difficult opponent and three points are the most important.
Common combinations with difficult
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- difficult to 98×
- difficult for 31×
- more difficult 30×
- very difficult 27×
- it difficult 27×
- is difficult 20×
- be difficult 19×
- was difficult 18×
- are difficult 12×
- extremely difficult 8×