How to Use a hard/tough act to follow in a Sentence
a hard/tough act to follow
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But the Tigers’ next coach will have a hard act to follow.
—Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 20 Nov. 2022
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Bat Out of Hell was a hard act to follow, at least at first.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 21 Jan. 2022
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President Joe Biden has a hard act to follow in Europe: his own.
—Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2022
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Receivers this high school football season have a tough act to follow.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2022
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The Sanderson sisters -- famous for being campy, creepy and over-the-top -- are a tough act to follow, or perform alongside.
—Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 3 Oct. 2022
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Wood is the former chief judge of the 7th Circuit, and judicial observers said Lee has a tough act to follow in replacing her on the court.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 22 Sep. 2022
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That said, John Malashock, who founded the organization in 1988, is a hard act to follow.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2022
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That's a hard act to follow, and the two subsequent films never quite reached the same heights, despite their box office success.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2021
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Yet another reminder that Cassidy, much like the hallowed Fours on Canal Street, will be a tough act to follow.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2022
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To say that Diana is a hard act to follow is, well, an understatement: the late princess remains one of the most beloved figures not just in Britain, but across the world.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2022
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Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy is the definition of a tough act to follow.
—Emma Dibdin, Town & Country, 15 Aug. 2022
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Everyone agrees that Queen Elizabeth II is a hard act to follow.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Sep. 2022
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College football has a hard act to follow after last Saturday’s wild ride.
—Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2021
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NorthPark has proven itself a tough act to follow, but that hasn’t stopped developers from trying.
—Dallas News, 27 July 2022
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The show would be a hard act to follow — Beyoncé and Michelle Obama are stans — but eight shows a week for months on end had taken a physical and emotional toll.
—Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 29 July 2020
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Broly was a massive hit theatrically both in Japan and especially in the U.S., and that is definitely a tough act to follow.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes, 15 June 2022
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Stephenson, with his crotchety, larger-than-life performance in the Dickens’ Victorian holiday tale, would seem a hard act to follow.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2022
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Twenty-seven years after her untimely death, Selena Quintanilla-Pérez is still a hard act to follow.
—Isabela Raygoza, refinery29.com, 17 Apr. 2022
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The Cincinnati native’s lone season at left tackle resulted in consensus All-America honors and a tough act to follow for the programs’ returning offensive linemen.
—Nathan Baird, cleveland, 10 Jan. 2023
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