hard put
Example Sentences
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If it’s possible to work around a no-beard policy when the stakes are life and death, I’m hard-put to imagine a job where accommodation isn’t possible.
From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2022
I’m hard-put to advise today’s graduates on how to succeed in the workplace.
From Washington Post • May 26, 2022
You will be hard-put to find the Mart mentioned in the literature about what Thomas Mann dubbed “German California.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2022
If that didn’t happen, I’m hard-put to explain exactly how this scene came together.
From The Verge • Aug. 28, 2017
Station after station across America collapsed in a chain reaction, until fully half of AT&T's network had gone haywire and the remaining half was hard-put to handle the overflow.
From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Sterling, Bruce
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
