How to Use difficulty in a Sentence

difficulty

noun

• She underestimated the difficulty of saving so much money.
• But there are several counties where the difficulty is even higher.
  — Jasmine Cui, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
• Opt for lighter weight to help maintain a greater range of motion —you’ll be quickly humbled by the difficulty of this exercise.
  — David Otey, Men's Health, 14 Dec. 2022
• These and many other construction kits appeal to kids of all ages, with varying degrees of difficulty.
  — Elizabeth Kocan, Parents, 21 Nov. 2024
• It’s also particularly great for those with larger chests who may have difficulty finding robes that work for them.
  — Olivia Muenter, Peoplemag, 19 Dec. 2022
• While some of this difference is found in the different state taxes on gasoline, much of it is in the difficulty of buying gasoline from out-of-state providers.
  — WSJ, 14 Dec. 2022
• The creators of Staunch Moderates are aware of this difficulty and take a different approach.
  — Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
• The pair have spoken about the difficulty of performing in new ways and the extensive practice that went into Spirited‘s big numbers.
  — Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2022
• The brigade’s collapse in part reflects the difficulty of its assignment in the war and the valiant performance of Ukraine’s military.
  — Paul Sonne, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2022
• If these workers are deported, the food industry will probably have great difficulty replacing them.
  — Paul Krugman, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
• Extended forecasts continue to have difficulty pinpointing the weather for next week.
  — oregonlive, 17 Dec. 2022
• Those odds make a trade seem fairly likely, particularly coming from a GM who often remarks on the difficulty of deal-making.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 5 Dec. 2022
• Consider including that person in the conversation and asking yes or no questions if someone has difficulty speaking.
  — Byalexa Mikhail, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2022
• However, the road access was washed out in 1970, increasing the difficulty of restoration efforts.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Dec. 2022
• The categories increase in difficulty, with yellow being the simplest, followed by green, blue, and finally purple—the most challenging and often the most abstract.
  — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
• Then the difficulty picking up the ball out of the pitcher’s hand at the plate.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2023
• In this case, the accolade serves to highlight the difficulty of his work.
  — Carita Rizzo, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2023
• The difficulty for Stanton, though, was coming up with a new arc for Woody.
  — Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 10 Aug. 2024
• The game has hoops and patterns across a range of difficulties, but all are an adorable and peaceful way to unwind with your Switch.
  — Felecia Wellington Radel, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
• But the fact that the money cannot be publicly traced highlights the difficulty of putting such assertions to the test.
  — Brian Slodysko, ajc, 4 Apr. 2023
• The world’s highest peaks are deeply revered around the world, likely due to the immense difficulty of reaching them.
  — Jacob Livesay, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2023
• Neri and Mackentley enjoy their work, despite the difficulty of traversing the spring snow and the lack of nights off.
  — Ryan Garza, Freep.com, 8 May 2023
• Still, Greenfield hasn’t been shy about the difficulty of raising two kids.
  — Katie Mannion, Peoplemag, 17 May 2024
• Maps from the area’s visitors bureau offer a sense of the difficulty of each route.
  — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2023
• Here’s this doe-eyed farm boy who doesn’t really know what’s going on, and is then faced with the first difficulty of the Empire.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2024
• There are way more extreme versions of PCOS that women have a lot of difficulty with.
  — Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2023
• Most students learn with them while in culinary school, but home cooks tend to stay clear due to the higher price tag and level of difficulty.
  — Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 June 2023
• There have been setbacks and difficulties, but that’s life.
  — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2024
• The joy is that being able to metabolize the reality of the difficulty of the world.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024
• To embrace her complexity and the tragedy and the difficulty as much as the fun, thrilling, adventures that took place.
  — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 2 May 2024

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024