How to Use tall order in a Sentence

tall order

noun

• The work turned out to be a tall order for a five-year-old.
  — Airea D. Matthews, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 July 2023
• This would have been a tall order in Netanyahu’s prime.
  — Elliott Gotkine, CNN, 10 Oct. 2023
• Making a rom-com that cuts through the clutter these days can be a tall order.
  — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 31 Mar. 2023
• That’s a tall order, to say the least, whether one agrees or disagrees with her takes on Madoff or Trump.
  — Richard Behar, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
• But reaching the Olympics always seemed like a tall order.
  — Sabrina Clay, CNN, 21 Sep. 2024
• Making a record that lives up to the group’s legend after so many years was a tall order.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2024
• That is a tall order: Experts say coups are very hard to undo once a few days have passed.
  — Declan Walsh, New York Times, 30 July 2023
• Cooking a healthy dinner for a quick meal or a fun date night at home might seem like a tall order.
  — Becca Miller, Good Housekeeping, 6 Mar. 2023
• Such a treaty would require 67 votes for approval in the U.S. Senate, which might seem like a tall order.
  — Dennis Ross, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2024
• Reaching such a milestone can feel like a tall order these days.
  — Jessica Fu, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2023
• Best Deals on Shoes and Socks Keeping them in comfy shoes all year round can feel like a tall order.
  — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 31 July 2023
• That’s a tall order for the rookie against that surging defense.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2023
• That’s a tall order, and not one that much interests big members of the group such as India and Brazil.
  — Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Oct. 2024
• This tall order is possible with a little help from the pros.
  — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Aug. 2024
• Gold qualified on both fronts, but the concept was a tall order.
  — Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
• Foxx took to the stage and did his best to crack up the crowd of advertisers, a tall order considering the bar had yet to open.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 13 May 2024
• Seeing a function in this despair might feel like a tall order.
  — Eleanor Morgan, refinery29.com, 13 July 2023
• In the frenetic world of Borderlands, that is a tall order.
  — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2024
• Catching every minute of the action is a tall order, even for the most diehard Olympics aficionado.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 24 July 2024
• The fabric needs to be in place and fully depriving the plant of light for at least a year to be effective, which is a tall order.
  — Tovah Martin, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
• Soothing our fractured world sure sounds like a tall order for a muted mix of pink and orange.
  — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2023
• Playing the President of the United States is a tall order, but a huge number of actors have taken on the task over the years.
  — EW.com, 4 July 2024
• In the context of the game and how fast early leveling goes, that’s not really a tall order.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
• In Ivory Coast, the biggest cocoa grower, the due-diligence mandate will be a tall order.
  — Mumbi Gitau, Fortune Europe, 27 Feb. 2024
• But there is a way in which she’s been given a tall order: By stripping away any distractions, the play is more or less all on her.
  — Chloe Schama, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2023
• Finding a winning pair, or just knowing what to look for, is a tall order for even the savviest fashion folks.
  — Ashley Ogawa Clarke, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2023
• Getting the Yellow Jackets to a bowl game in his first full season at the helm is a tall order, but the roster does have some talent.
  — USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2023
• Settling on the best gift for Mom from her favorite (or, er, only) daughter is no tall order.
  — Brie Schwartz, Glamour, 31 Oct. 2024
• Norvell has a tall order on his hands, while the Yellow Jackets have no shortage of momentum in Key’s second year.
  — Manny Navarro, The Athletic, 25 Aug. 2024
• But getting hold of the shells to keep the systems firing has been a tall order, stockpiles across Europe drained and Ukraine's allies are struggling to produce more.
  — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024