hard time
Example Sentences
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People who lose their job today often have a hard time finding a new one, and they stay out of work for longer.
I try to tune in to what Ray is saying, but I’m having a hard time hearing, and all I see is gray.
From Literature
“I’m really not trying to give you a hard time,” he said.
From Literature
Natalie worried it was the fake army men, come to give them all a hard time.
From Literature
"I don't want to give myself too much of a hard time because I know my preparation going into this tournament," she said.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
