DIFFICULT in a Sentence

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She had seen fires in cotton before and she knew how difficult they were to put out, even with many men laboring at it.

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 Meanings and Examples of DIFFICULT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
difficult
 a.  needing much effort or skill to accomplish, deal with
 a.  hard to deal with
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  This was difficult, for Scarlett had not a subtle bone in her body; and Gerald was so much like her he never failed to penetrate her weak subterfuges, even as she penetrated his.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
2  It was like a mathematical formula and no more difficult, for mathematics was the one subject that had come easy to Scarlett in her schooldays.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
3  She hoped everything would work out that way, because it would be more difficult otherwise.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
4  She could see that Stuart was going to be difficult to handle today if she flirted with anyone else.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
5  The men in the commissary were not very exciting, and the sight of Frank's timid courting annoyed her until she found it difficult to be polite to him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
6  She had very little interest in Wade and sometimes it was difficult to remember that he was actually hers.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
7  They all waved and called to her as they went by and she tried to respond with a good grace, but it was difficult.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
8  It is difficult for me to believe that you could so forget yourself and your rearing.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
9  She did not realize that, with his encouragement, she had disregarded many of the sternest injunctions of her mother concerning the proprieties, forgotten the difficult lessons in being a lady.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
10  She paused and thought it might be difficult to get the hat without some explanation.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
11  So great was the shortage of paper in the Confederacy now that Gerald's note was written between the lines of her last letter to him and reading it was difficult.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
12  It was going to be difficult, telling Melanie that she and Prissy were to deliver her baby.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
13  Old ladies were so difficult, Young Miss whispered to Sally as they went back to their sewing.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
14  She had seen fires in cotton before and she knew how difficult they were to put out, even with many men laboring at it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
15  "Mr. Hilton has been so kind about staying with us through these difficult times," said Mrs. Calvert nervously, casting quick glances at her silent stepdaughter.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  It is difficult to take issue with his analysis.
17  In analysis the individual resolves difficult emotional conflicts.
18  It is difficult to infer anything from such scanty evidence.
19  In the gathering gloom it was difficult to see anything distinctly.
20  It is difficult to relate his argument to the facts.
21  He found it difficult to hide his disappointment when she didn't arrive.
22  It's difficult to earn a livelihood as an artist.
23  The more you fight something, the more anxious you become ---the more you're involved in a bad pattern, the more difficult it is to escape.
24  When you've got a difficult day ahead, getting a good night's sleep is often half the battle.
25  Many things make it difficult for women to reach the top in US business.
26  It's a difficult situation, but if we can just tough it out, things are bound to get better soon.
27  The stigma of alcoholism makes it difficult to treat.
28  It's very difficult to treat genetic diseases.
29  The enormous publicity surrounding the case will make it very difficult to hold a fair trial.
30  Mind you, don't trip over these roots; they're difficult to see under all these leaves.