How to Use difficulty in a Sentence

difficulty

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  • She underestimated the difficulty of saving so much money.
  • With parks, open fields and grasslands nearby, experts think the owl shouldn’t have difficulty finding food during its stay.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 5 Jan. 2023
  • When the ground is covered in snow, snowshoes give you the ability to move across the powder without difficulty.
    — Déjà Leonard, Popular Mechanics, 19 Jan. 2023
  • But the Cavaliers often have difficulty putting teams away thanks to lengthy scoring droughts.
    — Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The change comes after some counties had difficulty collecting millions of dollars owed by coal companies that went bankrupt.
    — Arkansas Online, 1 Jan. 2023
  • The rhino is farther behind the vehicle at the start but catches up halfway through as the driver appears to have difficulty maintaining top speed.
    — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2023
  • That makes Mandara Beach all the more poignant for a group who have difficulty accessing recreational and sports activities.
    — Mariam Ehab, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Liquid formulations are easier to take for children, some of whom might have difficulty swallowing capsules.
    — Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Jan. 2023
  • This makes pea protein an excellent source of post-workout nutrition for athletes who may have difficulty supplementing with other types of protein.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Yet even when a popular EV-friendly policy is passed, that doesn’t not mean it will be implemented without difficulty.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 7 Jan. 2023
  • Defense lawyers contacted by Variety predicted that the state will have difficulty meeting that standard.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Then the difficulty picking up the ball out of the pitcher’s hand at the plate.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2023
  • In this case, the accolade serves to highlight the difficulty of his work.
    — Carita Rizzo, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The difficulty for Stanton, though, was coming up with a new arc for Woody.
    — Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 10 Aug. 2024
  • The game has hoops and patterns across a range of difficulties, but all are an adorable and peaceful way to unwind with your Switch.
    — Felecia Wellington Radel, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
  • But the fact that the money cannot be publicly traced highlights the difficulty of putting such assertions to the test.
    — Brian Slodysko, ajc, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The world’s highest peaks are deeply revered around the world, likely due to the immense difficulty of reaching them.
    — Jacob Livesay, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Neri and Mackentley enjoy their work, despite the difficulty of traversing the spring snow and the lack of nights off.
    — Ryan Garza, Freep.com, 8 May 2023
  • Still, Greenfield hasn’t been shy about the difficulty of raising two kids.
    — Katie Mannion, Peoplemag, 17 May 2024
  • Maps from the area’s visitors bureau offer a sense of the difficulty of each route.
    — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Here’s this doe-eyed farm boy who doesn’t really know what’s going on, and is then faced with the first difficulty of the Empire.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2024
  • There are way more extreme versions of PCOS that women have a lot of difficulty with.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2023
  • Most students learn with them while in culinary school, but home cooks tend to stay clear due to the higher price tag and level of difficulty.
    — Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 June 2023
  • There have been setbacks and difficulties, but that’s life.
    — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2024
  • The joy is that being able to metabolize the reality of the difficulty of the world.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024
  • To embrace her complexity and the tragedy and the difficulty as much as the fun, thrilling, adventures that took place.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 2 May 2024
  • Since then it has been revealed that Barbie and Ken have been placed in the real world and forced to wrestle with the difficulties of no longer being just dolls.
    — Charna Flam, Variety, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Despite all the horrors and difficulties, Yana set a big goal for herself.
    — Yulia Drozd, ABC News, 19 Apr. 2024
  • That said, even with Godot’s consumer-friendly attempts, amateurs might have difficulty getting on board, especially without an intuitive visual scripting option.
    — PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Silverman is focused on the slipperiness of identity and the difficulty of finding categories flexible enough to accommodate the many possible selves locked inside women.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024

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