How to Use tricker in a Sentence

tricker

noun
  • That's a bit tricker thanks to the sheet's elastic edges.
    Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 16 June 2020
  • To add that extra twist, Guthrie needed to find a way to spin faster than any tricker before him.
    Wired, 25 Oct. 2019
  • Getting that second number was a little tricker and will be the subject of my next post.
    George Johnson, Discover Magazine, 11 Aug. 2013
  • The three-day requirement has proved tricker for providers; only three health systems are above the 90% threshold while four are below 80%.
    Jeremy Olson, Star Tribune, 2 Feb. 2021
  • But the reality of maintaining that is a little tricker.
    Kelsey Kloss, ELLE Decor, 5 Jan. 2017
  • Even more frustrating is that the folks behind these seemingly endless calls are getting tricker.
    Yoni Heisler, BGR, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Setting the Doorbell up physically is a little tricker than setting it up with your Google account.
    Maren Estrada, BGR, 24 Aug. 2021
  • The idea behind the blue bucket is to signal that the tricker-treater may have a reason not to speak or ask politely or to express the appropriate amount of gratitude for a miniature Mars bar.
    Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2019
  • Truck drivers who visit a joint Chester's and Love's location Thursday and show their commercial driver's license can get a tricker hat and a free side of Chester's new mac and cheese with any purchase.
    Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2021
  • While specialists say that these co-infections may result in more severe outcomes, the overall prevalence of these cases is much tricker to track.
    Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2022
  • The 25-year old Grammy veteran delivered the song’s tricker notes with relative ease, along with its gripping emotions.
    Chris Payne, Billboard, 28 Jan. 2018
  • While having loved ones far away is never fun, Ant’s situation is made even tricker as his two eldest kids do not have residential status in the states.
    Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 16 Dec. 2020
  • And while any amateur can tell the difference between an apple pie and an apple cake, the difference between apple cider and apple juice can be a whole lot tricker.
    Julia Ludlam, Country Living, 13 Aug. 2020
  • But playing well is much tricker, especially for a computer.
    Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 10 Mar. 2016
  • Here's how to navigate one of the tricker money issues: aggressively paying down credit card debt, or aggressively saving for retirement.
    refinery29.com, 14 June 2018
  • Human bodies are much larger than mice and therefore tricker to navigate magnetically.
    Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Some patterns may be tricker to incorporate into your outfit than others but, don't underestimate your pattern-mixing abilities.
    Taylor Ayers, Marie Claire, 3 Mar. 2021

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