difficult

• "The only thing that keeps us going when life becomes--" he searched for a word difficult, the only thing that sustains us, is our sure and certain knowledge of a divine protector Cardwell's stomach began to hurt. —  F ;SF; - vol 088 issue 06 - June 1995
• And Paris was the city, too, of the old culture, the city of Julian the Apostate, the city of the middle ages, that Victor Hugo had portrayed in Notre Dame de Paris —the first book I had read in French, difficult though it was with its many peculiar expressions for Gothic arches and buttresses—and it was the city where Alfred de Musset had written his poems and where Delacroix had painted. —  Recollections Of My Childhood And Youth
• I was the one who was making it difficult, which isn't like me. —  Iris Johansen - Final Target
• All his life he'd been known as the difficult one. —  Lori Foster - Duets.html
• Jihad is tough and difficult, which is why the rewards for it are so great. —  How can I Train Myself for Jihad

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