have a hard time

idiom

: to experience difficulty doing something

She's having a hard time living within her budget.

The school has had a hard time recruiting substitute teachers.

He's been having a hard time with his research paper.

Examples of have a hard time in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Oasis is one of a handful of homegrown musical acts in the United Kingdom that never have a hard time charting. —Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025

However, the 27-year-old had a hard time fitting in amongst the Marlins’ veterans from 2020-2024. —Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2025

Arab leaders already facing significant domestic challenges will have a hard time achieving extensive normalization deals with Israel when there is hostile sentiment toward Israel among Arab publics. —Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 1 Aug. 2025

Most of us have a hard time stepping outside our subjective, introspective experience to imagine what memory might look like for such a cell. —Claire L. Evans, Quanta Magazine, 30 July 2025

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