Below you will find example sentences with "having difficulty". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Having Difficulty in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: difficulty
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 8
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 22.7 words

Words in this phrase

having difficulty

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • having can mean: present participle and gerund of have Common word
  • difficulty can mean: The state of being difficult, or hard to do. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 7 start, 8 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

both are having difficulty fashioning a 1× campaign is having difficulty finding someone 1× cancer is having difficulty swallowing food 1× cheating to having difficulty in relationships 1× children are having difficulty especially with 1× companies are having difficulty paying due 1× for kids having difficulty in learning 1× i was having difficulty with something 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

and she says 1× as trump considers 1× engineer mr boxall 1× even friends and 1× five year old 1× from cheating to 1×

Common sentence endings:

and to spell 1× boudreau was dismissed 1× difficulty swallowing food 1× especially with behavior 1× farm in scotland 1× fell on them 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

people 4× year 3× paying 3× despite 2× testing 2× public 2× due 2× saw 2× money 2× cancer 2× mouse 2× two 1×

Related phrases

having fun having sex despite having having trouble difficulty breathing besides having

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around difficulty:

difficulty breathing 6×

Just before it in the phrase index:

haven seen hausdorff spaces hate speech hate crimes hate crime hat trick

Just after it in the phrase index:

having fun having sex having trouble hawaii island hbo max hdfc bank

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

having fun having sex having trouble

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "having difficulty" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 22.7 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as both are having difficulty fashioning a, campaign is having difficulty finding someone, people, year and paying stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with having fun, having sex, despite having and difficulty breathing, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with having difficulty

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

People reported having difficulty paying bills and many were unable to save money. (13 words)

And she says that despite having difficulty sleeping, she doesn’t regret what she did. (15 words)

MacMillan Cancer Support, the most common sign of oesophageal cancer is having difficulty swallowing food. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

The point is that despite two tech giants testing real-world autonomous vehicles on the road (Waymo having exceeded 1 million miles of testing), both are having difficulty fashioning a future without drivers. (33 words)

He was really kind to me: I had one week where I was having difficulty with something at work and he came up to me and told me not to worry… pic. (32 words)

From cheating to having difficulty in relationships to having to keep everything a secret, the people who experience this condition opened up about the worst part of living with it. (30 words)

Example sentences (20)

The point is that despite two tech giants testing real-world autonomous vehicles on the road (Waymo having exceeded 1 million miles of testing), both are having difficulty fashioning a future without drivers.

Engineer Mr Boxall said: 'There were some signs in Year 7. She got itchy eyes, she started having headaches, and she was having difficulty concentrating.

From cheating to having difficulty in relationships to having to keep everything a secret, the people who experience this condition opened up about the worst part of living with it.

Even friends and former colleagues of Rutherford are having difficulty defending the club president for the very public and improper way the popular Boudreau was dismissed.

Five-year-old Shaniya is still having difficulty walking after the cast on her leg was prematurely removed after the child was crying continuously due to the discomfort.

He was really kind to me: I had one week where I was having difficulty with something at work and he came up to me and told me not to worry… pic.

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I saw many elderly having difficulty with the steps up to the dining area and one person that I saw fell on them.

People reported having difficulty paying bills and many were unable to save money.

She said several issues need to be addressed, such as the increase in both residents and visitors, and year-round businesses having difficulty paying high rents on Main Street.

And she says that despite having difficulty sleeping, she doesn’t regret what she did.

As Trump considers his appointment of somebody to lead the Treasury Department, the campaign is having difficulty finding someone who agrees with the tariff policy, according to a report.

As well as for kids having difficulty in learning to decode (read aloud) and to spell.

Insofar as young people are having difficulty getting ahead the problem is all the money going to people at the top end of the income distribution.

MacMillan Cancer Support, the most common sign of oesophageal cancer is having difficulty swallowing food.

More and more large US companies are having difficulty paying due to the cycle of rising interest rates.

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Public school administrators sometimes suggest vouchers to parents when their children are having difficulty, especially with behavior.

The UK’s ‘loneliest shep’ is having difficulty bonding with other animals after being rehomed to a farm in Scotland.

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