Definition: 1. An effort that is inconvenient. 2. A factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result. 3. A condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome. 4. The quality of being difficult.
Use 'difficulty' in a sentence:
1. The detective picked out the words with difficulty.
2. Do you have difficulty getting up?
3. We're having difficulty keeping up our mortgage payments.
4. No difficulty amounts to much.
5. I had great difficulty getting off to sleep.
6. She has lots of good ideas, but she has difficulty formulating them.
7. I had no difficulty (in) making myself understood.
8. He spoke slowly and with great difficulty.
9. You'll probably notice her having difficulty swallowing. If this is the case, give her plenty of liquids.
10. The changes were made with surprisingly little difficulty.
11. They showed great perseverance in the face of difficulty.
12. No difficulty can overwhelm us.
13. Companies are having difficulty in raising capital.
14. Belinda was having difficulty bonding with the baby.
15. None of us should ever underestimate the degree of difficulty women face in career advancement.
16. The way ahead is strewn with difficulties.
17. Every job has its difficulties and frustrations.
18. I had considerable difficulty persuading her to leave.
19. Something gave me the strength to overcome the difficulty.
20. We can overcome any difficulty.
21. Freedom and dignity illustrate the difficulty.
22. The company has got itself into difficulties.
23. I stumbled through the piano piece with difficulty.
24. Many men still have difficulty accepting a woman as a business partner.
25. The difficulties in her way merely strengthened her resolve.
26. The public was more forgiving of the president's difficulties than the press and fellow politicians.
27. They discussed the difficulty of studying abroad.
28. I was having difficulty in staying awake.
29. I've had some difficulties, but they were nothing compared to yours.
30. He's a real genius but he has difficulty verbalizing his ideas.
31. The difficulty of a problem was defined in terms of how long it took to complete.
32. The patient was perceived to have difficulty in breathing.
33. The tasks have been ranked in order of difficulty.
34. If you experience difficulty with the superglue not creating a bond with dry wood, moisten the surfaces with water.
35. We found the house without difficulty.
36. She was having difficulty following his perverted logic.
37. He found the place without difficulty.
38. You soon get used to the little difficulties.
39. Teenagers often have difficulty expressing themselves.
40. The city's film industry is in difficulty.
41. They had faced one difficulty after another with bravery and dedication.
42. Our jobs overlap slightly, which sometimes causes difficulties.
43. I think the problem can be got over without too much difficulty.
44. Several pupils were designated as having moderate or severe learning difficulties.
45. Cases of breathing difficulties increase in lockstep with air pollution.
46. One of the staff saw he was in difficulty and came to his aid.
47. The government had to bail the company out of financial difficulty.
48. Many clubs in the lower reaches of the league are in financial difficulty.
49. She had got into financial difficulties.
50. His increasing financial difficulties forced him to take desperate measures.
