How to Use difficulty in a Sentence

difficulty

noun

• She underestimated the difficulty of saving so much money.
• Then the difficulty picking up the ball out of the pitcher’s hand at the plate.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2023
• Unions in some states have argued that the pay is too low for the difficulty of the work and the hazards faced on the job.
  — Jayme Fraser, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2022
• Well, the degree of difficulty and stress was one of the leading things that drew me to it.
  — Bon Appétit, 18 Dec. 2024
• In 2023, the actress went on a rant about the difficulties of baking a pie.
  — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 29 Jan. 2025
• The price is based on size, difficulty of the pattern and the artist who created it.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2022
• The difficulty with Three Thousand Years is the film’s too-long road to getting there.
  — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2022
• If the firm backing the ETN has financial difficulties, the note might not be paid in full.
  — Bob Carlson, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
• 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
• Simply use the white plastic blocks on the outside of the toy to adjust the difficulty levels.
  — Lindsey Murray, Good Housekeeping, 16 Aug. 2022
• 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
• My husband woke up in the middle of the night with difficulty breathing.
  — Christopher Elliott, King Features Syndicate, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025
• The difficulty will vary from day to day, and the puzzle creators will try to surprise you sometimes.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
• 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
• The pit bull was weak and, as police found, had difficulty standing.
  — cleveland, 8 Nov. 2022
• The blaze spread from the first floor to the second and third floors, as fire crews had difficulty gaining entry to the building due to the amount of debris piled in front of the doors, Quatieri said.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2022
• 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
• The difficulty with the show is the relative lack of adventurous works such as this one.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2022
• 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
• Republicans have been and still are going through a good bit of difficulty in becoming the party of both the rich and the working class.
  — Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 7 Mar. 2025
• The industry had used buyouts and layoffs to shrink staff sizes during the pandemic and faced difficulties in refilling positions when demand picked up.
  — Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 7 Mar. 2025