hard time
Example Sentences
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He described making up those scenes as “leaps of faith,” believing that there had to have been something keeping the couple together during hard times.
“I had a hard time dipping back into the joy of eating because it felt like I didn’t deserve it,” she said.
“I’ve always had a hard time getting people to believe me. They never did, and I let it get to me.”
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But I was having a hard time remembering that there was anything to be careful about.
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He was so exhausted he was having a hard time focusing.
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