have a hard time
idiom
: to experience difficulty doing something
She's having a hard time living within her budget.
The school has had a hard time recruiting substitute teachers.
He's been having a hard time with his research paper.
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People born with this alignment are likely to have a hard time feeling accepted by their flock, because being part of the flock does not always come naturally to them.
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As a result, developers and users have a hard time trying to create applications that run on a multi-blockchain network.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
Once smashed, taboos have a hard time being restored, and its straightforward approach to adult material helped set the stage for the decade to come, one in which the once-inescapable Motion Picture Production Code would first lose power before being replaced by the modern ratings system.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
However, when the couple’s daughter, Zhang Yun Yun (Xia-Hou), suggests that her mother should be placed into a nursing home as her condition begins to worsen, her father has a hard time confronting the truth.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 1 Mar. 2025
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Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 7 Mar. 2025
As a result, developers and users have a hard time trying to create applications that run on a multi-blockchain network.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
Once smashed, taboos have a hard time being restored, and its straightforward approach to adult material helped set the stage for the decade to come, one in which the once-inescapable Motion Picture Production Code would first lose power before being replaced by the modern ratings system.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
However, when the couple’s daughter, Zhang Yun Yun (Xia-Hou), suggests that her mother should be placed into a nursing home as her condition begins to worsen, her father has a hard time confronting the truth.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 1 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for have a hard time
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“Have a hard time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/have%20a%20hard%20time. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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