How to Use be hard/tough to beat in a Sentence

be hard/tough to beat

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  • Has speed and if able to shake loose, could be tough to beat.
    Star Tribune, 15 June 2021
  • That is only one less than last year, but the Class of 2023 will be hard to beat because of the talent at the top.
    Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 5 July 2023
  • The Scottish singer and songwriter will be hard to beat.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 5 July 2022
  • Epicenter is the heavy 6-5 favorite in the morning line and will be tough to beat.
    Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 19 May 2022
  • Pride month isn't over yet, but the big news that dropped earlier this week will be hard to beat.
    Neil J. Young, The Week, 24 June 2021
  • Even though the Utes have the better defense, the Ducks will be hard to beat in a home night game at Autzen Stadium.
    Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Davis is also sitting on a campaign war chest that could be hard to beat.
    Melissa Holzberg Depalo, CNN, 21 Feb. 2022
  • Free: Winner in last off layoff; may improve here and if so, will be tough to beat.
    Michael Beychok, NOLA.com, 8 Jan. 2021
  • Luckily, the hiccups for Shough seem coachable, and his arm will be hard to beat out.
    Dallas News, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Walton’s deep pockets and family ties to Kroenke might be tough to beat.
    Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2022
  • Still, the Democrats have grown sufficiently weak in Ohio that even an inauthentic Vance will be hard to beat.
    Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 18 Aug. 2022
  • However, there are a couple of players that the fifth-year coach believes will be hard to beat out — Khyiris Tonga and Matt Bushman.
    Norma Gonzalez, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Aug. 2020
  • Stevenson coach Tim Crow said Holsen’s impact can’t be measure solely by statistics and that her legacy at the school will be hard to beat.
    Bob Narang, chicagotribune.com, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Newsom would be hard to beat because of his popularity, John told Fox News.
    Jon Michael Raasch, Fox News, 26 July 2022
  • But Murkowski may be hard to beat, and has experience with difficult elections.
    Grace Segers, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2021
  • One of her biggest fans just happens to be another famous face, Hailey Bieber, and the supermodel paid tribute to the pop icon with a series of spot-on Halloween costumes that will be hard to beat in years to come.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 1 Nov. 2021
  • While overall ad revenue generated by football and basketball are likely to surpass the World Cup, championship game viewership could be hard to beat.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Yet even with a capable opponent calling attention to problems, the DA would be hard to beat for good reasons: Crime is still significantly lower than in most other large counties.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2022

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