have a hard time

phrase

: 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

Patients may have to submit several stool samples on different days to detect the parasite because laboratory tests may have a hard time detecting Cyclospora. — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 9 July 2026

History, though, suggests that policymakers will have a hard time stopping there. — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 8 July 2026

Kessler isn’t going to have a hard time remembering when he and Stockard got engaged at all. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026

When dust covers the filter, air coming into your home from your system has a hard time leveling out. — Ashlyn Needham, The Spruce, 5 July 2026

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