uphill work
Example Sentences
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From outside your circle if needed — eventually you might want to work on retraining your people to recognize you as someone who also needs attention vs. always providing it, but that’s emotionally uphill work.
From Washington Post • Jul. 9, 2022
“There would be a lot of uphill work to do for cheese makers to convince consumers that their ‘salty white cheese in brine’ is feta.
From Time • Mar. 12, 2014
But it is uphill work, and Daniel Tarullo, a governor of the Federal Reserve, has acknowledged that “a clean and comprehensive solution is not in sight.”
From Slate • Apr. 29, 2012
Yet throughout that time storytelling has often been uphill work for ballet.
From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2010
She said she liked to keep herself to herself, which was uphill work in a town like that.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
