tricky
Example Sentences
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His 37 off 33 balls against Ireland was slow, but the Ireland camp highlighted how impressed they were given the tricky nature of the pitch.
From BBC
Before beginning her program, she skated by the boards and high-fived both of her coaches, who hugged and hopped for joy when Liu executed her tricky triple lutz-triple loop combination jump.
From Los Angeles Times
Coconuts are tricky to open, but Nim was an expert.
From Literature
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The company has no immediate plans to increase head count, and finding the right cultural fit can be tricky, despite Bark’s policy of allowing remote work.
His chance at an Olympic medal came down to a much trickier challenge: remembering to put the verb at the end of a sentence.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.