| 单词 | difficulty |
| 例句 | Mom was worried I might have difficulties getting to the bathrooms, which were up a long flight of stairs from the grade-one classrooms. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Leo Szilard felt deeply the difficulty of balancing the imperative to build the bomb with humanitarian concerns about its use. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Mostly they argued about the difficulty of the maze. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Anyone who does not follow this procedure will quickly lose what he has taken, and while he holds it, he will find it full of infinite difficulties and troubles. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t like the stabbing idea much, but he agreed that it did solve most of our difficulties. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The months of exercise and dance practice had made Angel a lot stronger than Jordan expected, but he still managed to have her under his power with little difficulty. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He pretended to have difficulty reading the name. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry whispered with difficulty; he suddenly realized that he had a searing stitch in his chest. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He healed rapidly—his hands became amazingly tough—and strangely suffered no real long-range difficulties from the run down the river, probably because his earlier time—the Time—had taught him so well. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Mandela and Tambo was falling apart as we could not be there, and both Oliver and I were experiencing grave financial difficulties. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z What he lacked of course was a suitable power source: he tried to imagine an aeroplane powered by a steam engine, but the difficulties were obvious. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He never complained about the difficulty of taking care of his little sister; rather, Angels hugs and smiles kept him going. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He was again forced to choose between his image and his trainer’s wishes, and Howard was a man who had great difficulty compromising his image. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Anyone who might wish to invade that dominion from abroad would be more hesitant; so that living right there, it is only with the greatest difficulty that the prince can lose it. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Despite these crippling difficulties, the biologists assembled facts that collectively paint a picture of almost unparalleled wildlife destruction — destruction that became obvious as soon as the program got under way. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z In spite of all these difficulties, he continued to prepare his epic book on mechanics, inertia and motion. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z There would be no difficulty now about getting the two horses out of the North gate and then on to the Tombs. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Only with Sula did that quality have free reign, but their friendship was so close, they themselves had difficulty distinguishing one’s thoughts from the other’s. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The difficulty is that many of them are awfully dark. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z As a result, they could not communicate or collaborate digitally with each other—couldn’t work together on each other’s digital content, or certainly not without difficulty. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z “Please state your difficulty and location. And say over to signal end of transmission. Over.” Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z With great difficulty I made my way to my horse. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She could laugh about his difficulties with the language. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z They had difficulty in locating the sister, Catherine. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “I have two more memories to show you this evening, both obtained with enormous difficulty, and the second of them is, I think, the most important I have collected.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z She planned everything coldly, foreseeing difficulties and preparing for them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z If Emilia was having difficulty I needed to help her. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I have been told that many distinguished Negroes whose careers have brought them South encounter similar difficulties. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I remembered Frank, his quiet turning of the subject, the way he had come to Maxim’s aid in his quiet unobtrusive manner if there was ever any question of difficulty. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Most of the residents started out wishing for Fischer’s victory, but after the numerous false starts, threats, and general difficulties Bobby caused, sympathy began to swing to the gentlemanly Spassky. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z This second invader, who was having some difficulty climbing over the wire at the top of the fence, had a strangely angular look about him. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Such fluctuations, Olmsted recognized, would greatly increase the difficulty of planting the banks and shores. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Her sister is having difficulty with her pregnancy. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z There the difficulty was getting the couples to talk openly about their class baggage. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “Mr. Poe told me,” Count Olaf said, “that you appeared to be having some difficulty adjusting to the life I have so graciously provided for you. I’m very sorry to hear that.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z It sat almost wheezing, then the driver’s-side door opened and with a great deal of difficulty a man got out. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z Cora was surprised at her difficulty in mustering the words. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In the teeth of every difficulty, in spite of inexperience, of primitive implements, of bad luck and of Snowball’s treachery, the work had been finished punctually to the very day! Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z One difficulty in talking about class is that the word means different things to different people. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z On studying the young gentleman closely, one could, as it were, appreciate the difficulty experienced by his lordship - and indeed, by the young gentleman's father. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The only real certainty was the disruption that would be caused by long-distance travel and the myriad other difficulties inherent in building a complex structure far from home. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I drove to Walworth and found, with some difficulty, Potter’s Court. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z As soon as Clara was able to move, she pushed Esteban out of her way, rose with great difficulty, and left the study, trying to walk as erect as she could. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z "Everyone in the class can spell 'difficulty' now." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z If such a campaign had succeeded, it would only have increased the difficulty of holding his domain together. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Even the logistical difficulties of the voting, misplaced ballots, pirate voting stations, and rumors of fraud in certain places could not dim the overwhelming victory for democracy and. justice. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As he had foreseen, Mr. Charrington had made no difficulty about letting the room. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z It was so familiar now that he almost welcomed it, in spite of the difficulty it caused in seeing things behind it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z From these acts, the Nazi leaders concluded: “We wanted to get rid of our Jews, but the difficulties lay in the fact that no country wished to receive them.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z An education taught by life, challenge, difficulty and will, born of my own spirit, and the spirit of the world in which I live and that I treasure. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With difficulty, for she could not bend her knees very far, she stepped down and sat on the edge of a bed and patted a space on each side of her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Neel felt a bit better about his own difficulties with Headmaster. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z To avoid the technical difficulties with Feynman’s sum over histories, one must use imaginary time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He was having difficulty breathing—and then his breathing stopped. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Breedloves did not live in a storefront because they were having temporary difficulty adjusting to the cutbacks at the plant. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The man had his back to him, but he had no difficulty recognizing the Jesuit priest who had helped officiate at the funeral mass of old Pedro Garcia. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We glazed at each other until Idiptu, with difficulty, forced himself to relax. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z My first quarter at Lowood seemed an age; and not the golden age either; it comprised an irksome struggle with difficulties in habituating myself to new rules and unwonted tasks. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Contrary to all the boasts of the land’s fertility, it was virtually impossible to farm anything because of the difficulty of getting water. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It is a movement often labelled Romanticism, although, like the terms ‘Renaissance’, ‘Baroque’ and ‘Classical’, it presents considerable difficulties when applied to music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The sleeves fitted tightly, but she had no difficulty in pushing the sheet of paper up inside one of them; it was as thin as a dragonfly’s leg. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z For their part, many frustrated aides had difficulty trying to understand the migrants’ southern drawl. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They were wedged together so tightly that Ron had difficulty extracting his arm to put it around Hermione’s shoulders. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z With difficulty, they placed it on Thor’s lap. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z There was almost a fistfight, and the two students were kept apart with difficulty by members of their respective sides. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z They come upstairs every day and talk to the men about business and politics, to the women about food and wartime difficulties and to the children about books and newspapers. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z It ratchets up the difficulty level of keeping all these feelings in check. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z The main problem, Ernest concluded, was the difficulty of tracking fissionable material in the Soviet Union to ensure that it was not finding its way into weapons. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z A kind of watery mucus had begun to collect in the boy’s lungs, which caused him difficulty in breathing. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He moved his damaged arms with some difficulty to her pack, which lay beside her where she had dropped it the night before. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I was restraining my delight with considerable difficulty. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z You had less chance of contracting a difficulty at Faye’s than with your Sunday School teacher. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z "Mr. Jonson has kindly provided me with thirty new lines to learn before today's performance. I had difficulty enough recalling the old ones." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z And though he panicked in the box and on the roof, he killed the woman without much difficulty. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z In my experience, people who have been incarcerated rarely have difficulty identifying the parallels between these systems of social control. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But by this time they were walking up the narrow straight stairway, and this Wang Lung did with difficulty, for it was the first time he had ever climbed steps in a house. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z It was an obvious and very good solution to my difficulty. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I wish I could match her enthusiasm, but right now my difficulty with math doesn’t seem as important as it used to. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Booth dismounted with some difficulty and hobbled up the porch to the door. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He went through mechanical reactions in order of increasing difficulty. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Plane crashes are much more likely to be the result of an accumulation of minor difficulties and seemingly trivial malfunctions. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Even when they focused on a warmer place like Virginia, they persistently selected as colonists people ignorant of farming; multiplying the difficulties, the would-be colonizers were arriving in the middle of a severe, multiyear drought. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Have you written to Parliament? They need the specifics of our difficulties.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Certainly there were great difficulties and hard tasks ahead of him; when the time came he would handle them. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Clara was the only one who had no difficulty recognizing him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z With difficulty did I make my way across the seaweed beds and barnacled rocks beneath us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Poppet says, as though she is having difficulty finding the proper words to respond with. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In the rest of this book we will explore these assumptions and difficulties. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z “Think back to when you learned to play. Can you remember how old you were? Can you remember the sort of difficulties you had?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They first had to carefully weigh all the difficulties and risks, though Miep was ready to set off immediately with me in tow. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z In the schoolyard his very prettiness caused some difficulty until it was discovered by his testers that Aron was a dogged, steady, and completely fearless fighter, particularly when he was crying. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I never saw her walking about, and assumed, from the cane always propped against the round table at her side, that she did so with difficulty. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z By the end of the competition, he was feeling mild discomfort in the lower right part of his abdomen, and he was also having difficulty keeping food down. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The waltz was driving and so loud she had difficulty hearing herself think as Chaol pulled her into a shadowy alcove. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She made the film on short notice, had technical difficulties, and was not pleased with the results, but Hitler remained impressed by her work nonetheless. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z One freewoman had a sister in Delaware who’d gotten into difficulties; the sister came out west for a new start. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The only difficulty was in finding something foxy enough to wear. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps there was now a harsher light at the top of the stairs, for she had never had this difficulty with the mirror there before. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Certainly, it was quite a strenuous walk - though I can say it failed to cause me any real difficulty - the path rising in zigzags up the hillside for a hundred yards or so. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The poles I made of equal length, using fire to cut them as well as a stone knife which caused me much difficulty because I had never made such a tool before. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z They have difficulty interpreting nonverbal cues, such as gestures and facial expressions or putting themselves inside someone else's head or drawing understanding from anything other than the literal meaning of words. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z And I know his thoughts are extra busy with his own concerns, especially after some technical difficulties slow us down, and we get through everything together with patience and reassuring smiles. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z They find less difficulty from the want of beds, than from the want of time to sleep. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z There had been no difficulties about the journey, and the girl was so evidently experienced that he was less frightened than he would normally have been. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Then I added, with great difficulty, “I thought I belonged here.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Neil, first down the ladder and therefore the first human to step on another planet, found he had no difficulty at all in walking on the moon. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Jaime closed his eyes and inhaled with difficulty, forcing himself to contain the wild feelings that made him want to kill his brother, to run and marry Amanda himself, to weep in impotence and disappointment. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z This difficulty, like most others, would be solved only if faced head on. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z French was a subject that I had great difficulty passing. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Well, they were sure easier to stuff in our pockets than whole vegetables would have been, but I doubted if God took any real interest in travel difficulties. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He became hysterical, kicking and scuffling, and Hazel, who was behind him, had difficulty in preventing a fight. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It never occurred to him there would be the least difficulty. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The crowding ghosts had, to be sure, finally frightened Ulysses, but Theseus, Hercules, Orpheus, Pollux, had apparently encountered no great difficulty on the way. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Simply put, this means that small children have difficulty believing that any one object can have two different names. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The biggest difficulty in reconstructing the pre-Colombian past is the absence of voices from that past. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She winds slowly and with difficulty because of her gradually crippling hands, but with determination. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Foragers discounted the future because they lived from hand to mouth and could only preserve food or accumulate possessions with difficulty. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Looking back now, to Rahel it seemed as though this difficulty that their family had with classification ran much deeper than the jam-jelly question. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m quite calm, quite confident. You saw how Julyan was at lunch, and Frank. There won’t be any difficulty at the inquest. It’s going to be all right.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z In fact, he was so attractive that she had difficulty not thinking about how attractive he was, and again wondered why he wasn’t married. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “As for you, Leo Valdez, stay close to Hazel and Frank when you reach Rome. I sense they will face...ah, mechanical difficulties that only you can overcome.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Cecilia had climbed out of the pond and was fixing her skirt, and with difficulty pulling her blouse on over her wet skin. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z With difficulty, he kicked off his shoes and stood up. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “Oh my, oh dear,” agreed the minister, breathing with great difficulty. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The old Royal typewriter my father had bought me was saved, I believe, by the fact that I could type really fast and had difficulty in reading my own handwriting even when I wrote slowly. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z You may make a fine employee or deserve low premiums or a good credit rating, but if your correlatives are perceived to be lacking in some way, you’ll have difficulty, too. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z With difficulty, the Captain persuaded his friend to let him drive and then began their hair-raising trip from Le Havre to Paris, culminating in a cross-city ride at the busiest time of the afternoon. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Knightley seemed to be trying not to smile; and succeeded without difficulty, upon Mrs. Elton’s beginning to talk to him. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Erudite and Dauntless forces are concentrated in the Abnegation sector of the city, so as long as we run away from the Abnegation sector, we are less likely to encounter difficulty. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z And so, with great difficulty, I brought my father to him. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Their greatest difficulty lay in watching out for witnesses, but Kate and Reynie were good at this, and their teamwork produced excellent results. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z "Are you experiencing a difficulty in using or maintaining your Sears product, sir?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z With difficulty, I manage to lift my head and raise myself onto one elbow. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He was good at browsing the Internet, so with no difficulty he was able to Google up plenty of information about the burrowing owl. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It didn't take many conversations with Ralph before it became clear that he had difficulty remembering names. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The girl moved so quickly Taran had difficulty keeping up with her. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The third rabbit, whoever he was, seemed to be in difficulties. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t know the standards and couldn’t imagine that I would have difficulty with them. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z As Gau told me this story, I had no difficulty at all seeing him back in Ashland, somehow convincing the seller to part with his beautiful home for a ridiculous price. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the presence of such dangers, avoided with such skill but with difficulty, it seems to us impossible not to fear some sort of catastrophe in the future. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The displays Bailey has difficulty thinking of as tricks meld one into the other. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The difficulty was obvious: a silver chain attached to the bird's foot had become entangled in the twisted stub of a jutting root, and the bird was caught there by it, unable to move. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z As they waded through the undergrowth, Dale carried him without much difficulty. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z But almost at once they came to a new difficulty. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I may, however, have difficulty finding the appropriate moment to convey such information.' i'd be very grateful if you'd even try, Stevens. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Even if the fabulous Brotherhood was a reality, there still remained the difficulty of finding one’s way into it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Squealer was so fat that he could with difficulty see out of his eyes. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Hence, crops and animals domesticated or acquired in one part of Africa had great difficulty in moving to other parts. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Jackal slipped out of the hole without difficulty, but when it came to Hyena’s turn he was so round from eating the fat sheep that he could not get through. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z “I fear there will be greater difficulties to preserve our Union,” Adams warned, “than You and I, our Fathers Brothers Disciples and Sons have had to form it.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z But the worst difficulty is maintaining silence when thirteen people are arguing all the time. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “My dear girl,” answered the bard, with some indignation, “if I were able to run on four legs and sniff my dinner a mile away, I doubt I’d have any difficulties either.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z On the other hand, Newcomen, unlike Savery, had to construct a moving piston, with all the difficulties of potential friction and leaking that entailed. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Resilient means the ability to withstand or recover quickly from difficulties. It doesn’t mean things aren’t hard. It doesn’t mean we aren’t hurt. It just means we keep going. We keep living. We keep trying.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The journal carried a report by Merle Tuve claiming that his Tesla coil could drive alpha particles to energies as high as 10 million electron volts without “any serious difficulty.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Many who knew him have commented, unbidden, that he seemed to have great difficulty seeing the trees, as it were, for the forest. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And we have difficulty convincing you that we believe in you, that we don’t believe that you will grow up to be members of gangs, that you can achieve anything that you want to achieve. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But Burr’s entire life had been a sermon on the capacity of the sagacious spider to lift himself out of hellish difficulties and spin webs that trapped others. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z One reason why there were so few independent origins of writing is the great difficulty of inventing it, as we have already discussed. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z All day, he had been learning that it was not so much the physical things, or the threat of physical difficulties, that frightened him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z She opens her own umbrella with some difficulty, and as she swings the canopy of black silk over her head, she and her umbrella vanish, leaving only drops of water falling onto the empty pavement. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Those who, like these men, become princes through their virtue acquire the principality with difficulty, but they hold on to it easily. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z A new director had been appointed and this was his gesture of apology for all the difficulties that had led up to the riot, a promise of better treatment and better times to come. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z As it was, the men had difficulty just getting the weather station door open and needed all their strength to keep Pagliuca from becoming a kind of human kite. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I have difficulty lifting my arm to do even that. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z From Portorož he wrote to Regina of his charge: “Bobby brushes his teeth daily but has more difficulty in taking a bath.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Were not all difficulties and evil in the world conquered as soon as one conquered time, as soon as one dispelled time? Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z As long as the modifier is short, it poses no difficulty for the reader. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “And it’s like a put-off letter that gathers difficulties to itself out of the minutes. Could you give me a hand?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I told her of my hopes and of the difficulties of the Treason Trial. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh! my dear, we cannot begin too early; you are not aware of the difficulty of procuring exactly the desirable thing.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z ‘Short cuts make long delays,' argued Pippin. ‘The country is rough round here, and there are bogs and all kinds of difficulties down in the Marish — I know the land in these parts. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It is the part she still has the most difficulty with, the concentration and focus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Let me see if I can master the technical difficulties here,” he said. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But as long as no one nearby thought DNA was at the heart of everything, the potential personal difficulties with the King’s lab kept him from moving into action with DNA. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z He drew it in rage, evilly, exaggerating the difficulties of communication, as if to punish himself for the absolute lack of sense with which he had chosen the place. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I’m meant to say that they have learning difficulties or that they have special needs. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The Capitol rebels see this as a nonissue — of course, I can keep my pet—while those from 13 spell out what extreme difficulties this presents. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He had difficulty in keeping from laughter at the indignant surprise of the guests. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He was gaining control of the situation again and was entering a phase of malevolent calm that Lillian was having difficulty translating. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He had difficulty focusing his eyes, but finally he recognized Father. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “But at least you have seen the difficulties.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z But one thing made them an unexpected difficulty. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, maybe you’ll have to take me to see some counselor and have me talk about my difficulties.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z The corner drugstore ran smoothly and profitably, although one woman in the neighborhood observed that he seemed to have difficulty retaining the young and typically attractive women he often hired as clerks. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z That difficulty Hercules solved by choking the life out of him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Whales communicating across the oceans must have experienced increasingly greater difficulties. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She believed that Gene Johnson, her collaborator, had difficulty writing papers. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There were difficulties in her life that he wanted to know more about, parts of her thick shapely body that he longed to touch, but he was wary of complicating things. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z No recognition of the difficulty she was having in trying to describe what she had seen with her tiny English vocabulary. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z If I don't acknowledge It, will they think I'm just not able to confront difficulty, challenge, hurdles, this absolute nightmare? Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “He intends to break into the palace and rescue you, in the face of all the difficulties.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Her difficulties, her poverty, made me question once again whether I had taken the right path. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Clearly, you understand the difficulties—” the nobleman began again. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He said that the difficulty with the bubbles not joining up could be avoided if the bubbles were so big that our region of the universe is all contained inside a single bubble. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z That mixup brought on so many difficulties that just to get the plane back might take two years. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He took to wearing a leather jacket and a porkpie hat like legendary tenor man Lester Young, joined a neighborhood R&B band, and Ma had increasing difficulty in getting him to go to school. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Fiver said no more and Hazel turned his thoughts to the raid and the difficulty he foresaw of getting the hutch rabbits to go the distance back to the warren. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z This difficulty greatly hampered the work on the “cranberry chemical,” aminotriazole. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z "I didn't have too much difficulty at Elkton Hills," I told him. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Mr. Popper, who had always been such a great reader, had no difficulty in thinking of names for the penguin children. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Remember Henry III and his difficulties in finding even a few pounds of sugar? Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z He blinked his eyes from the bright sunshine; his nerves were so taut that he had difficulty in breathing. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z We console him and promise to get over the difficulty somehow or other. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She could feel the difficulties of this second day but did not realize they were unusual. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Gaheris answered with some difficulty, after a long pause: They were at hunting a unicorn.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z They bragged about their facilities and their winning traditions and none of them, of course, made any mention of the academic difficulties he would face in college. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Ben’s vision had blurred and he had difficulty fixing his eye on a single point in the mayhem that had unleashed itself. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The hallways were familiar, and she found the biology classroom without difficulty. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Knowing as I do the difficulty of seeing what most everyone insists does not exist, I anticipate that this book will be met with skepticism or something worse. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It also became apparent to us that Rosy’s difficulties with Maurice and Randall were connected with her understandable need for being equal to the people she worked with. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Morros, a mere squire and a new-made squire at that, was having difficulty managing lance and shield. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Good evening, my dear,” said Professor Trelawney, focusing upon Luna with some difficulty. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z They roused him with difficulty, and for some time he would not lift his face, but knelt forward on his elbows, covering the back of his head with his large flat hands. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “We shouldn’t have much difficulty with him, not after the kappas. The trick is to break his grip. You notice the abnormally long fingers? Strong, but very brittle.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z But there were many technical difficulties to overcome. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z My wife’s and my experience at Menindee, and the fate of Burke and Wills, made vivid for me the difficulties of building a human society in Australia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Then with some difficulty the children got on his back and the second journey began. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Powdered Graphorn horn is used in many potions, though it is immensely expensive owing to the difficulty in collecting it. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The crowd thinned and they were able to climb the next staircase without difficulty. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z In truth, in almost all cases of the meeting of the two worlds—wild and so-called civilized—there rarely seems to be much difficulty. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The light was failing, but there was no difficulty in recognizing her. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z There was difficulty scheduling the twelfth round, which fell on a Saturday. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The Germans had reached the Channel, the British army was in difficulties. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z However, the difficulties seem to me not fatal. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She had no difficulty in procuring Isabella’s invitation; and she was fortunate in having a sufficient reason for asking it, without resorting to invention.—There was a tooth amiss. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z The Humbug, who had difficulty remembering anything, went first. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z I had no difficulty with e-mail—I got tons every day—but it was a medium that made it too easy for Jesse to evade or ignore my questions, or to parry with one- liners. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Assuredly, Monsieur. There is no difficulty this time of year. The trains are almost empty. First-class or second?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The Augur who restrained Laia lifts the girl’s body with difficulty and staggers off the dais. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Sticky asked, heartened to learn of someone else having difficulty with the maze. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z In any case he had no difficulty m proving to the other animals that they were not in reality short of food, whatever the appearances might be. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Only artists can observe it fully, but they are so absorbed by it that they have great difficulty explaining it to us. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He said, ‘I understand what the kid is going through,’ and then he told me about some difficulties in his own family. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z She had difficulty imagining that such a space could be forgotten in a castle filled with so many people, but— Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He pushed her onto the bank and, with great difficulty in his sodden clothes, struggled out himself. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She had difficulty focusing on his face as she breathed in and out, in and out. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Then he taught them a rhyme to sing, if they should by ill-luck fall into any danger or difficulty the next day. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The difficulty is that in an infinite static universe nearly every line of sight would end on the surface of a star. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The main difficulty in finding a theory that unifies gravity with the other forces is that general relativity is a “classical” theory; that is, it does not incorporate the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “You will be a mother even before she is,” he replied with a glimmer of a smile, “for it seems you have no difficulty.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The Domishmen left the Great Pyramid an hour shy of sunset in case they took a wrong turn or had difficulty finding the purple lotus. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Beethoven could not hide his unstable emotions from the music, nor did he use the job of music-making as a distraction from the difficulties of life. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The lower wall with its arched sandstone window frames held no difficulties for the tough squirrel. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z All attention turned to Reba, who was having difficulty trying to stand up. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z L’Hôpital’s rule was extremely important for resolving some of the difficulties with 0/0, but the underlying problem remained. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He watched as Kira leaned her stick against the sink and knelt with difficulty to place the bowl on the floor. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I had begun to leam the prayers in Arabic; now, my biggest prayer difficulty was physical. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The degree of difficulty had just gone up, but Shanti hadn’t spent two years under the tutelage of her handler, Mrs. Mirabov, for nothing. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “I wasn’t permitted to share the books with my spouse, that’s correct. And there are other difficulties, too. You remember the rule that says the new Receiver can’t talk about his training?” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Dasch revealed to Burger some of the hardships his family was experiencing, and Burger disclosed more details about his difficulties with the Gestapo. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z This was indeed a disturbing notion, for it was not hard to see that Miss Kenton's departure would constitute a professional loss of some magnitude, a loss Darlington Hall would have some difficulty recovering from. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The silence grew so heavy, Conor started to have difficulty breathing. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Some little difficulty, it seemed, a husband who was worried about his wife's health and wanted a report on it without her being alarmed. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “What is the employment you had in view, Mr. Rivers? I hope this delay will not have increased the difficulty of securing it.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I got the hatch open without difficulty, and popped out into the sunlight. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Such loyalty is admirable, of course,” said Scrimgeour, who seemed to be restraining his irritation with difficulty, “but Dumbledore is gone, Harry. He’s gone.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z One thing I know: that if my instinct be true regarding poor Mrs. Harker’s silences, then there is a terrible difficulty—an unknown danger—in the work before us. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Oliver and I had encountered a recurring difficulty in our travels: one African leader after another had ques-tioned us about our relations with white and Indian communists, sometimes suggesting that they controlled the ANC. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Uncle Piet and Aunt Bushy would have experienced the same difficulties and frustrations in getting work permits as Mother had not Granny bribed black policemen who specialized in getting people illegal documents. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z James Jackson actually made menacing faces at the Quakers in the gallery, called them outright lunatics, then launched into a tirade so emotional and incoherent that reporters in the audience had difficulty recording his words. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z After all, Montaigne never gave an example of heavenly inspiration, of divine intervention, without hedging it about with doubts and difficulties. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Pollsters often use plus or minus 4 percent for this sample size because of nonrespondents and other difficulties. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Was his difficulty a result of his torture? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Miss Joe stands from her seat with difficulty, since the books are everywhere, teetering on the edge of her desk and their shelves and threatening to fall to the floor. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The difficulty lies not in telling the story, but in convincing everyone else to believe it. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He has a fair amount of difficulty understanding their heavy Scottish accents, if they are Scottish at all. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The water breached and dodged the Phoenician stones surrounding the island without any difficulty at all. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Another difficulty there is that my father, whom I warmly refer to as Bore, put a lock on our phone—one of those round locks you put in the first dialhole so you can’t dial. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Her hand was still in his and she wondered, too, if he was having difficulty maneuvering the car with one hand. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But although no one, apparently, is sleeping in a car, there are signs, even at the beginning, of real difficulty if not actual misery. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Will hoists himself into the car with some difficulty, landing first on his stomach and then dragging his legs in behind him. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He said he had heard about the war but still had difficulty believing that people could do the things that he had heard they did. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “I believe,” she said at once, “you would find some difficulty in doing that.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “It records my distance and speed, and I can adjust it for degree of difficulty.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Bigwig got up with difficulty and they saw that he was still bleeding. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Similar to other sequenced learning approaches, such as Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development or scaffolding, Gordon’s approach relies on a gradual increase in skill level difficulty as the student progresses. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z If I’m trying to look stern as I give you a tongue-lashing, I’ll have no difficulty doing so, and you’ll have no difficulty interpreting my glare. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The sentry unbarred the door, and his terrier dæmon quivered as the three figures maneuvered their burden with difficulty through the narrow entrance. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z With infinite difficulty, for he was stubborn as a stone, I persuaded him to make an exchange in favour of a sober black satin and pearl-grey silk. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Compounding her difficulties, moreover, Hunt had trouble acclimatizing and suffered severe headaches and shortness of breath during most of her stay at Base Camp. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He was having difficulty with it and his average midway through the fall was 71. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The ground had been frozen, and the men had difficulty digging Ellen’s grave. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z His difficulties made me realize that he hadn’t visited the hospital, but always seemed interested in my report. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Since cattle were almost never killed, the difficulty rarely came up. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He would complain of the ailments of old age, he suffered from the most insignificant economic difficulties, and he had stopped laughing a long time back because scurvy had made his teeth drop out. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The difficulties are more conspicuous when the problems are very hard and complicated and the facts not yet in. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you get into difficulty, and wish to be rescued, send red sparks into the air, and one of us will come and get you, do you understand?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Nye is a short, short- tempered man who has difficulty moderating his aggressive vigor, his talent for language both sharp and outspoken. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “I do not believe in miracles. But I grant that there are things—events and beings, perhaps—beyond the reach of reason,” I say, turning my thoughts into words with difficulty. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Then he persuaded—and had a great difficulty in doing so—certain of the chieftains to hide inside it, along with himself, of course. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The school was placed in some difficulty, what with the need to replace them at such short notice, and Mr. Hawkins, the new head, spoke about it during assembly, choosing his words with care. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Once more Ralph dreamed, letting his skillful feet deal with the difficulties of the path. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Everyone had been putting off this difficulty, but now it could be put off no longer. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z She also stirred a sort of envy in him by telling him that during the Two Minutes Hate her great difficulty was to avoid bursting out laughing. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z For these anatomical details, these particular signs of life, are the ones she has the most difficulty picturing when she imagines the baby in her arms. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z At the close of dinner, which from a professional viewpoint had been executed without any significant difficulties, his lordship rose to address his guests. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z While I already stressed the difficulties posed by Australia’s climate and soils, its most productive or fertile areas can nevertheless support European farming. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I suspected I would encounter difficulties because Chief Luthuli was to be in attendance and I knew of his moral commitment to non-violence. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At the bottom of the rock steps on the Southeast Ridge I stopped with Mike to wait for Yasuko, who was having difficulty negotiating the fixed ropes. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He continually involved the gods in difficulties and dangers, but he was allowed to come freely to Asgard because for some reason never explained Odin had sworn brotherhood with him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Only with great difficulty did we succeed in quieting her down. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She had difficulty in finding a bed in Hogsmeade, Seamus told Harry and Ron, for wizards and witches were pouring into the village, preparing to pay their last respects to Dumbledore. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z With great difficulty, he gets her into a sitting position in the carriage. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He had stopped evading things, sliding through, over, and around difficulties. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Is this whole story some kind of joke to justify your difficulty with math?” asks my mother with a frown. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z He swallowed with great difficulty and pretended to gag. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z With Julia he felt no difficulty in talking about such things; Katharine, in any case, had long ceased to be a painful memory and become merely a distasteful one. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The antidote was recognition and an appreciation of the job’s unique difficulties. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He had no difficulty deciding between a protein chemist and a nucleic-acid chemist. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z For almost forty years Bragg, a Nobel Prize winner and one of the founders of crystallography, had been watching X-ray diffraction methods solve structures of ever-increasing difficulty.* Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Hermione was having a lot of difficulty managing her knife and fork, her fingers were so stiff and swollen. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Gray asked if she had had “difficulty... in connection with the seating arrangements.” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Hence I have much empathy with students of human history for the difficulties they face. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I might as well go through the difficulty of that now. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “Some Marines know what to buy. Your father has some difficulty in telling the difference between treasure and garbage.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Biddy’s first triumph in her new office, was to solve a difficulty that had completely vanquished me. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I realize this is a concept that even adults have difficulty wrapping their heads around. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Now Gay went over the most probable difficulties. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Melander himself had run into difficulty with the San Jose scale, for some years satisfactorily controlled by spraying with lime sulfur. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The small boy clung to the shoe poet, who was having difficulties navigating the shoving mob. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It was clear, furthermore, she was a housekeeper who took her work very seriously, and in spite of her youth she seemed to have no difficulty gaining the respect of her staff. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z For hours we would laugh, point, whisper, joke, and identify our neighbors by the signs of their physiological oddities, commenting upon the difficulty or projectile force of their excretions. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z With great difficulty, Jack made his way to Munich and found his uncle. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z The difficulty of shifting so much established work clear across the country could not have been lost on someone whose habitual preference was to stay put. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Okay,” said the quizmaster, “the first question is for Sunny Brook. And since this is the final round, the degree of difficulty has gone up.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “You must have difficulty eating native food when you go home then.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Chester was having a great deal of difficulty getting back on his feet, but I knew it was only a matter of seconds before he’d attack again. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z She was incredible now, so fast he had difficulty keeping up with her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Better times were a long way off, and the difficulties, it seemed, had just begun. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z I now understood what had been to me a most perplexing difficulty—to wit, the white man’s power to enslave the black man. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z The real difficulty was that Hamilton’s plan was very much a projection of his own audacious personality. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Again, while others had great difficulty in understanding me, I couldn’t hear myself mispronounce words. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z However, the difficulties besetting our task are so great that we cannot hope for more than tentative and incomplete answers. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z They understand its difficulties and frailties, its glories and pleasures. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But it is in the new principality that difficulties arise. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Almost entirely by themselves for thousands of years, these two centers of civilization were so different that researchers today have difficulty finding a conceptual vocabulary that applies to both. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z With difficulty he leaned painfully toward her, so that his ear was near her mouth. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z It is a true objective fact, and if I had a stroke and forgot my date of birth I could establish it without any difficulty. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Do you have difficulty talking about your feelings?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “If it were not for domestic difficulties, we would have bombed them,” he said in September. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Aristotelian philosophers were still happily teaching this doctrine in the seventeenth century, despite the fact that there were two obvious difficulties. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A venerable tradition, dating back to the ancient Greek orators, teaches that if you don’t know what you’re talking about, just ratchet up the level of difficulty and no one will ever know. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It is difficult to find places to step, though Marco glides ahead of him with much less difficulty. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He unties the knot at the back of her dress with difficulty, then swiftly undoes the long zipper, leaving a small black pool at her feet. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “It must be tremendously gratifying to feel that you have won out over very great difficulties,” Mrs. Roosevelt said. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z One could of course adopt the term ‘progressivist’, but that would elide all the difficulties that are associated with the idea of progress. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The most pedantic difficulty—and the one that has undoubtedly spilled the most scholarly ink—is the question of which version of the stade Eratosthenes used in his work. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z My difficulty was further compounded by the fact that for some years my father and I had tended - for some reason I have never really fathomed - to converse less and less. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z We were so excited that we had difficulty sleeping. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Five days later another ranger returned to the abandoned vehicle, managed to jump-start it without difficulty, and drove it out to the National Park Service maintenance yard at Temple Bar. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She had great difficulty coping with his imperiousness: “I want to play chess!” he’d demand, with all the pomposity of a crown prince talking to a servant. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I was having difficulty understanding material I had written only days before. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z How long I’d been looking at it I don’t know, but gradually I became aware that it was morning, that the pain had receded somewhat, and that I could move around without awful difficulty. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z John Jaax had been having difficulties with his partner in the plastic business, a man named John Weaver, and Kansas City Homicide looked at the partner as a suspect. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl was then pulled with difficulty from the stage, dragged across the dirt courtyard, and forced into the back of the wagon that Polly leaned on. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Horatio cups the little flowers with their thin stems and speaks with difficulty. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Only with difficulty did Adaon’s tall steed enter; and Islimach rolled her eyes frantically as the thorns tore at her flanks. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Each player will then convince himself, with difficulty, to go back on. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Middle-aged people can balance between believing in God and breaking all the commandments, without difficulty. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The papers, he said, “included a statement on the special difficulties that would have to be overcome in making a plutonium bomb.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The psychologist Nalini Ambady once gave students three ten-second videotapes of a teacher—with the sound turned off—and found they had no difficulty at all coming up with a rating of the teacher’s effectiveness. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He abandoned the manufacture of little fishes, ate with great difficulty, and wandered all through the house as if walking in his sleep, dragging his blanket and chewing on his quiet rage. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z That is especially true at high altitudes in the Andes, where genetically European women have physiological difficulties even in reproducing, and where native Andean crops still offer the most suitable basis for food production. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The difficulty in making final determinations is that there are often acres of room for interpretation. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z When Zooey appeared to have difficulty in remembering something, his hesitation invariably interested all his brothers and sisters, and even held some entertainment value for them. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z He got about, but with great difficulty, by using a stick—and willpower. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Let me be honest with you—a feat which, by the way, I find of the utmost difficulty. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “There was no difficulty in standing upright, but the motion made me almost giddy,” he wrote about the earthquake. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The other dog, strong swimmer though he was, made his way to the bank only with the greatest difficulty. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, Bobby would increase the degree of difficulty by reading chess books in multiple languages. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It had ached for a long time now, for several years, but it was getting worse, and Claire had difficulty straightening herself She walked bent. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z There was no difficulty believing that a white movie star looked like our mother and that Bailey had seen her. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Parking difficulties in the towns have caused these markets to move to the open country where they are immune from town taxes. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry had difficulty hiding his glee as he handed the note to Ron to read. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Maybe she thought certain clues would arise from the primordial pool to make sense of our eventual difficulties. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He did, however, come across an old discarded rowing machine of Mr. Little’s, and becoming interested in this, carried it upstairs with some difficulty and spent the rest of the morning rowing. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z Soon she was moving about the ship without difficulty, albeit with a slight limp. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Then he asked me to show how the late medieval commentary had attempted to reconcile these difficulties, and I went over that, too. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z But Diderot’s peculiar chapter also serves as a warning: with its dream framing, its monsters and its allegories, its linguistic slipperiness, it conveys a sense of difficulty. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Ember, as you know,” the mayor went on, “is in a time of difficulty. Extraordinary measures are necessary. This is a time when citizens should be most loyal. Most law-abiding. For the good of all.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Mo himself had some difficulty in making sense of what she was saying. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Every attempt at reconstruction runs into difficulties and we have not a single word from Brunelleschi to help us. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Kathy’s problems with memory gave way to other difficulties, equally difficult to explain. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The wood, Pocock murmured, taught us about survival, about overcoming difficulty, about prevailing over adversity, but it also taught us something about the underlying reason for surviving in the first place. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Then she said: 'I had a little difficulty on first arriving, but that is surely only normal.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z It was made of stout black leather and was so stiff she had difficulty forcing her gnarled hand into it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “You see my difficulty, Madame. In this matter of the handkerchief, even, am I to believe you? Or are you shielding your friend’s daughter?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z I shivered as I looked—for I could not sleep, and even a prayer came with difficulty. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z This discovery presented fundamental difficulties for any account of how the compass worked, but it also raised the exciting possibility that variation might be sufficiently regular for it to be used to measure longitude. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I broke my mind into two pieces, then, with some difficulty, into a third. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Winchell was having tremendous difficulty throwing the ball, and it was hard to know why—the rain, or the nervousness of playing in Memorial Stadium, or his own silent prophecy of failure. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z For a while they spoke of the difficulties Gay must be having getting a needle valve and then gradually as the time passed they didn’t mention him any more. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She stood up and focused with difficulty on Salvador. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Even when I knew him very well, encounter after encounter, I had difficulty recognizing him. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Most of them, especially those who came to the principality as new men, when they recognized the difficulty resulting from the two opposing humours, turned to appeasing the soldiers, caring little about injuring the people. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z The others jump off without difficulty—even Caleb, who has only jumped from a train once before, as far as I know. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z With some little difficulty—for it was very dark, and the whole place seemed so strange to us—we found the Westenra tomb. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z He proceeded on foot, the ground gritty and slippery to his steps, the low gravity causing him difficulty. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Harry managed not to roll his eyes, but with difficulty. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Clara insisted, getting out of the car with difficulty, holding up her enormous belly. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of praying for a win or praying during times of difficulties, I started to ask Allah to allow me to represent my community and my family well. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Every evening the war correspondents report on the difficulties, the courage and the fighting spirit of the army. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Such difficulties as these tend to be all the more preoccupying nowadays because one does not have the means to discuss and corroborate views with one's fellow professionals in the way one once did. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The bow and arrows took more time and caused me great difficulty. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s just that her brain has difficulty processing information. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z He folded this note up very small, and with immense difficulty, tied it to the tiny owl’s leg as it hopped on the spot with excitement. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Basta drove the knife so far into the surface of the table that he had difficulty pulling it out again. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z This fact creates double difficulties for efforts to test the hypothesis that intellectual differences underlie technological differences. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z While the man holds down the table with his arms, a waiter approaches against the wind with great and obvious difficulty, like someone wingwalking at 30,000 feet. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Sam gripped him by the jacket, and dragged him from under the root; and then with difficulty hauled him on to the bank. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z In spite of his advanced years, Methuselah gripped Matthias’s paw and ran so fast that the younger mouse had difficulty in keeping up. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Oh, when will we overcome all these difficulties? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z William Gilbert, writing On the Magnet in Latin, is, as one would expect, alert to the difficulty of using words like ‘proof’ and ‘demonstration’ to describe what experiments do. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Mr. van D. takes his bath upstairs, figuring that the safety of his own room outweighs the difficulty of having to carry the hot water up all those stairs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z None but the most powerful can see them, and only then with great difficulty and at great peril. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Harry rather doubted he would be able to bring off this particular spell; he was still having difficulty with nonverbal spells, something Snape had been quick to comment on in every D.A.D.A. class. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z That meant “a very serious difficulty will arise when the attempt is made to accelerate ions ... to higher energies than obtained thus far.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Frank’s was the first idea; and his the greatest zeal in pursuing it; for the lady was the best judge of the difficulties, and the most solicitous for accommodation and appearance. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z That’s why I can tell you about the night-swimming accident, the rocks, the hypothermia, respiratory difficulty, and the unconfirmed traumatic brain injury. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Apart from the plague, there were other difficulties affecting the publication of the book. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “Not great,” said Harry, and he told her all about Lupin’s mission among the werewolves and the difficulties he was facing. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The crowd beneath the Roberts family was larger than ever; they could see the Ministry wizards trying to get through it to the hooded wizards in the center, but they were having great difficulty. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z True, we had yet to deal with the irregular sequence of the bases that faced the outside—but this difficulty might vanish in the wash when the correct internal arrangement was located. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z She raised her cup and drank from it without any difficulty. “ don’t know what they wanna stay up here all October for,” she said malcontentedly, lowering her cup. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z They answered in chorus, speaking together solemnly and without difficulty. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The study of human history does pose real difficulties, but those recognized historical sciences encounter some of the same challenges. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I had not been directly involved in any major campaign, and I did not yet understand the hazards and unending difficulties of the life of a freedom fighter. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “If he would be so good as to read to them, it would be a kindness indeed! It would amuse away the difficulties of her part, and lessen the irksomeness of Miss Smith’s.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z The difficulties of execution were not insuperable; but I feared that there should be no vigor in my rendering when my senses were clogged with terror at crowds and a crippling imagination of imminent failure. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I did not know at the time that the events surrounding a student election would create difficulties that would change the course of my life. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He removes it with some difficulty, and it opens with a popping noise. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Aristotle might have had difficulty in following Galileo’s argument that the size of the container matters when trying to understand floating bodies, but Archimedes would not. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I put no weights on the line and had difficulty getting it close to the bird. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Should you have any difficulty locating the road,” he said, “there’s a map of the forest in here.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Perhaps most significantly, this great wave of 'rediscovered’ older music was being offered to the public just as modern music was embarking upon a journey towards greater difficulty, confrontation and experimentation. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He exaggerates the difficulty of being a student, but his exaggeration reveals a general predicament. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Captain Bugloss, the officer responsible, had, of course, been demoted and expelled from the Owsla, but his disgrace, though very proper, only added to the General’s difficulties. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Disproving a claim that something exists is often quite difficult, and this difficulty is often mistaken for evidence that the claim is true. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It is hard now to imagine the difficulty of learning to start, drive, and maintain an automobile. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z This difficulty, however, simply provoked the philosophers to think harder. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Change is hardest on those who have difficulty changing too. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Thus, the difficulties historians face in establishing cause-and-effect relations in the history of human societies are broadly similar to the difficulties facing astronomers, climatologists, ecologists, evolutionary biologists, geologists, and paleontologists. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Most people find that a song of more moderate difficulty allows them to showcase their talent,” he said carefully. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He could hold a spoon by wedging it between his index finger, which bowed upward, and his ring finger, which curved downward, but he ate with difficulty. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z With some difficulty, he managed to shout and push and pummel his troops into submission. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She had some idea of the difficulties that peculiar squadron had in finding and keeping pilots. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Officer Delinko had no difficulty catching the boy and hustling him into the caged backseat of the police cruiser. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Contrast also the ease of diffusion in Eurasia with its difficulties along the Americas’ north-south axis. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Of course there were massive accounting problems in calculating the different state debts, not the least of the difficulties being sloppy records kept by several southern states, with Virginia topping the list for administrative disarray. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z They were fairly simple, and I had no difficulty. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z At those times Milton spoke to his mother in Greek, with increasing difficulty. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She glanced around and saw that most of the slaves, and some of the sailors as well, had difficulty adjusting to land after such a long time journeying on the ocean. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Navid had started teaching me how to do the cricket, which was a level of difficulty slightly higher than that, and I was getting better every day. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z When she presented her suitor to her family, however, the princess met with difficulty. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z There was no difficulty in twisting an externally situated backbone into a shape compatible with the X-ray evidence. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Otherwise, he noticed nothing unusual and foresaw no difficulty in improving the kiln’s operation. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Elinor clutched the steering wheel as if resisting only with difficulty the temptation to drive off without him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The difficulty comes in trying to separate my eyes from my eyebrows, which alter my face much the way that varying punctuation marks can change the meaning of a sentence. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Three old women came out of one of the houses, and with some difficulty lifted him and carried him in. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z There is talk of the difficulty of Russian names, students confessing merely to skimming them. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It was only with difficulty that he stopped himself adding, “Big deal!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “Grandpapa used to say, about difficulties he had gone through, ‘It did not kill me, it made me knowledgeable.’ Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z As for the difficulties, even this apparently simple procedure taxed the primitive measuring technologies of the period. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z It was a narrow place and he turned round only with some difficulty. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, sir. But ye needn’t have no difficulty about that. It’s a ’igh ’un with a stone front with a bow on it, an’ ’igh steps up to the door. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z With difficulty, owing to their bulky backpacks, the nine of them crowded around the old boot held out by Amos Diggory. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Today’s ephemeral wealth of some of the region’s nations, based on the single nonrenewable resource of oil, conceals the region’s long-standing fundamental poverty and difficulty in feeding itself. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “What a nasty fellow,” gasped Milo, who was having great difficulty just getting his legs to move. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “Well—but if any difficulties should arise, my housekeeper is extremely clever.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “Ah. Yes. Well, that presented a bit of difficulty, but I’ve worked something out.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z But it is worth knowing that only a few years ago an attempt to build a one-third-scale replica Newcomen engine ran into a great deal of difficulty. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z That’s because the difficulty of a sentence depends not just on its word count but on its geometry. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z It took an hour just to get to Seventieth Street, and by then Bri was having difficulty breathing. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Most people with criminal convictions have difficulty even getting an interview after they have checked the box, because most employers are unwilling to consider hiring a self-identified “criminal.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “We’d’ve come to meet you, but we decided to get started on the Polyjuice Potion,” Ron explained as Harry, with difficulty, locked the stall again. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I had difficulty stopping the list of illegal substances “my friend” had partaken of. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I didn’t make the event final for bars, because I’d downgraded the difficulty of my routine; I’d taken out one of my Tkatchevs so I could go easy on my shoulder. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She was still having difficulty breathing, and tears were running down her cheeks and neck, staining her blouse. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Seems unsure of himself and has difficulty making decisions. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Without a doubt, princes become great when they overcome difficulties and obstacles imposed upon them. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z When we compared my videos to those of the elite gymnasts who’d scored higher than I had, it was clear that I needed to push the degree of difficulty in all my events. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z To his surprise, he had some difficulty finding the path this second morning. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z That practical difficulty probably explains the tantalizingly early appearance of some technologies, followed by a long delay in their further development. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Indeed they were, but only while getting out of the bathtub. There was some brief difficulty with the trousers, but with the help of your manservant Jasper, it was resolved.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z It got up with a good deal of difficulty, staggering on its strong blood-red legs. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Wilkes believes that some or all of these difficulties may be resolved by reproducing features of the milpa in a contemporary setting. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z By October, however, he had metabolized most of his body fat and was having difficulty staying warm during the long, cold nights. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He righted himself with difficulty and poured the water out of his shoes. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z To avoid the technical difficulties in actually performing the sum over histories, these curved space-times must be taken to be Euclidean. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I can see the girls pointing and gathering, I can see Miss Lumley stalking over, bending with difficulty to look at me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z We do not believe that Watts and Newark are the answers....But unheard protests lead to frustration and the accidents that have created difficulties in other cities. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z My difficulty arose from the fact that the clips were utterly overwhelming. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Francis—with extraordinary difficulty—managed to get in touch with him a couple of days before Henry’s funeral. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “These are difficulties which you must settle for yourself. Chuse your own degree of crossness. I shall press you no more.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z "There are certain difficulties in face of this," Brother Jack said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Leaning on my cane, dragging my feet along, I followed her with great difficulty. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z On the scale of difficulty seen in the math section of a typical college entrance exam, the problem probably would rank around the middle. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The old man squatted down with difficulty and began to collect ants. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z No portable oxygen, no difficulty breathing, no nose cannula. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Yet a number of African fighters were able to triumph over these difficulties and achieve great success. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z So what had Brunelleschi learnt from his peep-show, apart from the difficulties of working with mirrors? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z And although from time to time there arose a courageous pope like Pope Sixtus, neither Fortune nor his wisdom could ever free him from these difficulties. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z But like many innovations, the solution is remarkable not for its inherent difficulty, but because it took one remarkable mind to apprehend its power. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z “Just now!” said Harry, who was refraining from yelling with enormous difficulty. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z As I speak, I think of the meaning of the words that praise God for his gifts and protection and seek his guidance to overcome every difficulty. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “You have no difficulty viewing an android as inert,” the girl said. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z He had difficulty in swallowing, for he had no appetite. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z They were suddenly having difficulty getting the buttons of his shirt through the buttonholes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z But it had to look natural; that was the difficulty. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z It is far more likely to be a bowl of problems, worries, and difficulties. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Part of the resistance to Darwin and Wallace derives from our difficulty in imagining the passage of the millennia, much less the aeons. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t tell her that, even when she mentioned that, according to the tests I had taken, I seemed to have some difficulty in seeing colors. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The third years emerged from Transfiguration at lunchtime on Monday, limp and ashen-faced, comparing results and bemoaning the difficulty of the tasks they had been set, which had included turning a teapot into a tortoise. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z This created such difficulties that it was the cause of the downfall of many of them, since it was difficult to satisfy both the soldiers and the people. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z The man’s blue eyes were so penetrating that Con had difficulty maintaining his composure. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He had great difficulty breaking them, not being able to pull much with his arm or chest muscles, but finally got enough to keep the fire going all day and into the night. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I do not wish to omit an important issue, and an error from which princes protect themselves with difficulty if they are not extremely prudent, or if they do not make good choices. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z “I want her to feel elevated,” said Hackley, “and I want no one in the back of the hall to have the slightest difficulty in seeing her.” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Along with his other challenges, Mr. Dill had enormous difficulty speaking. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I put the brown lid back on the porridge and then, with considerable difficulty, locate the pad that controls my bed. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The difficulty lay not in finding vacant rooms—for there were whole houses vacant—but rather vacant rooms in houses where owners were present still to let out their property. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Hmm...are you having difficulty remembering due to more recent events, or because you were illegally intoxicated?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The difficulty, of course, lay in knowing how and when to distinguish between philosophy and theology. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Because of the difficulty of communication, information from prison often becomes exaggerated in the outside world. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is a hard thing,” he said slowly, as if he were having difficulty getting his mind turned to my question. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Much of the difficulty in the past has been due to the fact that Ernest Lawrence in particular had strong ideas in regard to policy, and talked about them generally,” Bush wrote Frank Jewett. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “I daresay my efforts have been derailed not because of my difficulties with etiquette but because of Miss Anderson’s treachery.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z And in keeping it, they had no other difficulty than that which arose among themselves from their own ambition. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z “No method, no new discovery, can overcome the natural difficulties that attend a wound of the heart.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z But I walked through it without much difficulty. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He had no difficulty in disposing of the fallacy, and he was in no danger of succumbing to it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The first of these things was done by Billy, on instruction from his mother, not without some difficulty. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He had had much more difficulty with the curse than Harry, though Moody assured him the effects would wear off by lunchtime. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Social isolation,” Mom had explained to me last year, means “difficulty making friends.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z He lifts me without difficulty and holds on to my leg with his left hand. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I could not even get in the 4por, but I refused to let small difficulties stand in my way. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He had come here as a boy, finding his way with great difficulty. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I say, therefore, that in completely new principalities, where there is a new prince, greater or lesser difficulty in maintaining them exists according to the greater or lesser virtue of the person who acquires them. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z The crawlway was a narrow, square, cold tunnel hollowed out beneath the flight controls, and a large man like Yossarian could squeeze through only with difficulty. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I had no doubt I had passed, despite the difficulties of the past school year; but what would I do with a matriculation certificate? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the geography of his own life, and that of the blind man, for they had both moved from that place to this other, with great difficulty. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z In what sense is this new thinking if Archimedes would have had no difficulty in understanding it? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “It was with difficulty that I restrained the impulse more than once to hurl my manuscript at his head,” Stanton later wrote about the committee chairman. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Farmer suspects he’s had a stroke because he has difficulty walking. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “I think you’re cold and insensitive. I hope you never have a child with difficulties—you’d probably put it out with your trash!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z The chief knew that there would be no difficulty in getting a good husband for her, but he did not want to leave anything to chance. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z He kept telling himself that their plan was good, that Griphook knew what they were facing, that they were well-prepared for all the difficulties they were likely to encounter, yet still he felt uneasy. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The old silver there was of some value, she told the lawyer, but it represented an almost insuperable difficulty for Luke: it required energy to steal it and transform it into money. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Fraught with difficulty as their relationship has been, those ties never really break. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “Tell me about this difficulty,” the Queen said. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He raised his eyes with difficulty to the dark slopes of Mount Doom towering above him, and then pitifully he began to crawl forward on his hands. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Even my Japanese and Korean friends say that they sometimes have difficulty guessing whether someone is Japanese or Korean just by looking at his or her face. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z With difficulty he extracted a notebook and a stubby pencil from a back pocket. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z ‘Long time I fell,’ he said at last, slowly, as if thinking back with difficulty. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I was delighted at the change, back to my known and trusted life—but here I run into a literary difficulty. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “I had assumed that once we had demonstrated that in the fission of uranium neutrons are emitted, there would be no difficulty in getting people interested, but I was wrong.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z ‘What if you set them to extreme difficulty?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Words were to her things to be caught one by one and released with difficulty. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z We have been unwilling to commit to a process of truth and reconciliation in which people are allowed to give voice to the difficulties created by racial segregation, racial subordination, and marginalization. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Imagine the difficulty of listening to, and then accepting, a truth that overturns everything you believe about the world. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He talked to their pictures in Helen’s magazines, explaining the nature of life difficulties — how matters that one day seemed material, and hard with importance, could the next day simply vaporize. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z After they had eaten, Dicey explained the next difficulty, that they couldn’t walk over the river on the bridge. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z While he had inherited problems in 367, he was determined to purify it of difficulties, procedural or spiritual, within a short period of time. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to tell her that I did have some small difficulty in distinguishing colors, but that I could detect odors very well. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z But the difficulties that linguists have in agreeing on groupings of Native American languages reflect the difficulties that complex Native American societies themselves faced in expanding within the New World. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “I want to go to the bathroom,” she said, pronouncing each syllable with difficulty with her swollen lips. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Absorbing these psychosocial realities created all kinds of distortions and difficulties that manifest themselves today in multiple ways. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The reflection in the mirror looks so different from the one he is accustomed to that Bailey has difficulty believing it is really him. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Throughout the early weeks of February, Danny and I met in the lunchroom, sat at a table by ourselves, and discussed the difficulties he was having with his mathematical translations of psychological experiments. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z While modern classical music had its challenges, older music was encountering its own difficulties in the twentieth century, despite - or indeed because of - an explosion in recordings in the 1960s. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z She had difficulty seeing past the purple spots the light had left on her eyes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He asked me to go over the difficulties I had found in the various commentaries, and I repeated them carefully. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The Activities Building was the site of club meetings and branch get- togethers, an end run around the embarrassment and difficulty of finding a venue in the town that would accommodate a racially mixed group. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z They seemed to have little difficulty finding new men for each new opening. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Yet as late as 1964 when the Encyclopaedia Britannica discussed the rival theories, it was Wegener’s that was held to be full of "numerous grave theoretical difficulties." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The following day the students were given the same kinds of tests again, with questions that were different but of equal difficulty. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Are the reported radiocarbon dates really correct, and not invalidated by any of the numerous difficulties that can plague radiocarbon dating? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I said that today was a minor setback, and that we would face worse difficulties. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Drawing his arrows out of the quiver he’d constructed for himself, he managed, though with great difficulty, to stick them into the carcass of the deer. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z On his own, his colleague was having difficulty restraining her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Hurd believed he knew the answer: a few memories and an education so inadequate they might have difficulty reading their names in “big boxcar letters.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But he overlooked one thing: he failed to see that this struggle to triumph over my difficulties was more important to me than anything else. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Lyra did as he said, and he cut through four bars altogether, enough for them to pass through without difficulty. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The difficulty is partly that I am hesitant to go seventy- two and partly that the minivan itself is hesitant to go seventy- two. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z In fact, Egyptian civilization was bad for math in more ways than one; it was not just the absence of a zero that caused future difficulties. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Understanding people’s difficulties and—just as crucial—helping people understand their own difficulties and teaching them concrete ways to help themselves will help them better deal with their own lives and, in turn, ours. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z And that was precisely the difficulty: to break the stones to the required size. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z She dressed quickly, turning her wet arms with difficulty through her silk sleeves, and tucking the unfastened blouse into the skirt. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Tommy, by contrast, didn’t seem to be experiencing any difficulty, though there was a hint of a limp in his gait. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z As it was, I didn’t know what to believe, and so got out of my difficulty by attending to something else. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z After working on the project for a few months, I was made acting supervisor of essays and straightway I ran into political difficulties. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z For the rest of the season, Aimee worked with me to strengthen my performance on bars and to push my degree of difficulty and consistency in all my routines. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He struggled each day, making his way with difficulty down from the sheep pasture in order to teach and help her. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z There was nothing much to do, and yet you had to stay alert: That was the joy and difficulty of a day in a wall tower. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Howard had shrugged off the slow early fractions, attributing them to the difficulty of accelerating under 133 pounds, but Smith was uneasy. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ah! ma’am, but there may be a difficulty. Pardon me—but you will be limited as to number—only three at once.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z It did not help that the couple was also having difficulty communicating with each other, and with my friend. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z S/he begins to have abnormal difficulty in concentrating or suddenly becomes hyper-focused on tasks, resulting in s/he losing track of time and/or neglecting him/herself or others. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z That experience has made the difficulties in devising a scientific approach to human history familiar to me. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z His fingers trembled so that he had difficulty in unlocking the door; but they were not trembling from fear. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z At present, they and I have a difficulty in understanding each other’s language. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Worst of all, they ran into difficulty finding human cases of Ebola—they were not able to discover the virus in a natural host or in people. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The pair of them looked out over the lawn; the class was widely scattered now, and all in great difficulty. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z With some difficulty, I got him to make the tour of the house. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z With difficulty, he turned his attention to Thalia. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z They didn’t tell her of the difficulties they sometimes had in making reservations. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z “At any rate, I certainly bear you no ill will, my girl. I appreciate the difficulty of your quest. Especially when you have troublemakers like Janus to deal with.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He saw that his dear guardian was looking quite old and powerless, and that he was kneeling down with difficulty on a gouty knee. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It was ironic that given his communication difficulties, Donald functioned as a human telegraph, relaying messages up and down the coast. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Mudgett foresaw no difficulty in acquiring the cadavers, although in fact a national shortage of corpses for medical education had by then driven doctors to raid graveyards for the freshly dead. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The new theory of quantum mechanics resolved this difficulty. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was one thing for me to speak English with difficulty. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I really think I’d better go,” he says again, this time with more finality With difficulty, I walk him to the door. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z So much had happened during the day that he had difficulty keeping it all straight in his mind. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That consideration dictates single authorship, despite all the difficulties that it poses. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Apart from their helmets sad encumbrances and the difficulty of breathing, they had to be dressed in their suits by kind and careful aasatapls. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The investigator ran into more and more difficulties with the case. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z By Road.—There are endless difficulties, especially in leaving the city. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I wanted to go to the United States of America, but my uncle was big and strong, so he pried me away with little difficulty. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Often he had felt torn by a tug-of-war between duty and honor—a tension, he thought, that might account for “a good portion of my psychic difficulties over the years.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Harry extracted his Cloak from his trunk with some difficulty, trying not to show Dumbledore the mess within. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “The work has advanced to an exceedingly important stage and the greatest difficulty now facing us is no longer of an experimental nature, but one of finance.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The host appeared not to notice the difficulty in which his guest found himself. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z He was persuaded only with difficulty, for the new policy frustrated his restless desire of power after power. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Surely some medical difficulty was at work here as well? The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z But the physical difficulty of meeting was enormous. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He pulled it out with difficulty, because it was very heavy, and, balancing it on his knee, let it fall open. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He remembered the days of Village in the past, when a person who had difficulty walking would be helped cheerfully by someone stronger. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z She told them that their job wouldn’t be easy, but she knew they’d be able to overcome the difficulties—including male pilots who didn’t take them seriously. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Danny found his father’s deliberate mistake easily, and I was able to follow the ensuing Talmudic discussion without too much difficulty, though I did not join in. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z And even if you disregard that part of it, there was strong evidence that the death penalty should not be imposed because of Herbert's trauma, military service, and childhood difficulties. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But the pigs were so clever that they could think of a way round every difficulty. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z My brothers complained about the lack of worms for fishing and the difficulty of digging for them in the hard, parched ground. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He himself did not appear to find any difficulty in managing without, except that once or twice he had to use both hands, and there was a certain awkwardness in his handling of the food. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He was having difficulty swallowing, and drops of sweat were forming on his brow, along the edge of the dressing and along his upper lip. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z This would certainly have presented difficulties for the theory of the celestial spheres, and was regarded by contemporaries as being closer to the Tychonic than the Ptolemaic system. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The tangent problem and the area problem both ran afoul of the same difficulties with infinities and zeros. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I tried to appear attentive as Mr. Banner illustrated, with transparencies on the overhead projector, what I had seen without difficulty through the microscope. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Clavius and Kepler will have had no difficulty confirming immediately that Venus had phases: all they had to do was point a decent telescope in the right direction. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She grappled with the heavy wooden chair, lifting it a few inches off the floor and heaving it with some difficulty across the room until it was next to the roaring fire. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z As a foreigner, I guessed he sympathized with Sovoy’s difficulty adjusting to the language and culture of the Commonwealth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry about the difficulty of your journey. This winter has been particularly harsh.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “Preliminary experiments,” he wrote, “indicate that there are probably no serious difficulties in the way of obtaining protons having high enough speeds to be useful for studies of atomic nuclei.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z To overcome the difficulty of getting past that monosyllable, I took it from her, and said, repeating it with emphasis, “Well! Then, that is why it makes me wretched.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z In the presence of such dangers, avoided with such skill but with difficulty, it seems to us impossible not to fear some sort of catastrophe in the future. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Because the wind had erased the tracks of the climbers who’d gone down before me, I had difficulty determining the correct route. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z With his good hand he managed, with great difficulty, to lift it up. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z With some difficulty, he pressed a button and waited a moment. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z One difficulty arose when Lombardy had to leave the tournament for several days and attend the World Chess Federation annual meeting as the U.S. representative, leaving Bobby without a second. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z M. Bouc had been waiting with difficulty until they had finished. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sir, I offer you my condolences. Personally I’ve never been troubled by any such difficulties with interpreting God’s word.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She claims there is a fire-breathing paper dragon somewhere in the tent, and though Bailey believes her, he has difficulty reconciling in his head the idea of paper that breathes fire. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I knew in my heart that I would have some difficulties in life because of my speech problems, and I also knew that I wouldn’t always be able to solve them by punching somebody out. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Jeremiah’s plight pulled Claudette’s attention away from her personal difficulties to the injustices blacks faced everywhere. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z “Your writing shows promise. If you’re able to overcome the difficulties like the one you describe in your paper and you continue working as hard as you have, you’re going to succeed.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z I didn’t have much, so I had little difficulty repacking: two shirts, two undershirts, and three pairs of pants. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He sat up with difficulty and looked round at them. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z However, she treated it the same way she treated any other difficulty in her life—first with a sigh, and then a smile. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Bessie now endeavoured to persuade her to take a sedative draught: she succeeded with difficulty. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “Patience is important here, because we have so many in Village who have difficulties,” Matty explained. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z With some difficulty, the leader of the caravan brought all his people together and gave them his instructions. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘A person who quits or gives up easily, especially in the face of some difficulty or danger.’ Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Again the owl had difficulty in controlling his unbridled hilarity. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She walked gingerly up the slanted roof, exaggerating the difficulty of balancing without her hands. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Given her size and her difficulty with stairs, she seems the wrong person to live in the apartment next to the phone, but nobody asked me. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “In those of noble birth, virtuous behavior resides within. Others can practice and learn it, but the difficulty is very great.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He cleared his throat and said, with enormous difficulty, “There is a...survivor...up there.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He checked himself with difficulty so as not to spin around, but he went off his balance again and took two or three staggering steps forward before he was able to stand up straight. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “Gentlemen who had been present at the formation of this Constitution”—Baldwin himself had been one such gentleman—could not avoid the recollection of the pain and difficulty which the subject caused in that body.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I am up to the challenge of bearing the guilt and the grief, up to facing the difficulties that life has put in my path. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The audience, who paid two cents apiece to share the difficulties of the actors, would not tolerate that outlandish fraud and they broke up the seats. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Ishmael had mounted a cherry wood knob on its steering wheel in order to ease the difficulties driving presented to a man with only one arm. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The only difficulty is the glottal stop, the constriction of the throat that occurs when someone with a classic Brooklyn accent pronounces "bottle." 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Swinging the bird forwards, Matthias pushed her through the narrow aperture, squeezing through after her with great difficulty. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I did as he told me, and in a little while I was able to keep it open without difficulty. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z She felt her mouth swelling and she moved her lips with difficulty. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Terrorist activity during the storm, the committee felt, was “less likely due to the severe weather, unpredictability of the storm path and the difficulty of mobilizing resources.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Girls your age often have little difficulties like this,” he says, writing in his notebook. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Here circumstances are very favourable, and where circumstances are favourable there cannot be great difficulty, provided that you imitate the institutions of those men I have proposed as your target. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z I was thinking about all of the trauma and difficulty that had followed him home from Vietnam. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z In Chapter 19 we shall trace it across the Indian Ocean to Madagascar, while in Chapter 15 we saw that ecological difficulties kept Austronesians from establishing themselves in northern and western Australia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The obvious difficulties of sterilizing by radiation have led to search for an easier method of accomplishing similar results, and there is now a strongly running tide of interest in chemical sterilants. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The incredible effort of moving the boy to Boston, then watching him die, later struck me as an object lesson in the difficulty of Farmer’s mission, perhaps in its ultimate futility. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z A few riders were naturally tiny enough to make weight without difficulty, and they earned the burning envy of every other jockey. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z If there was a single group in America that Bull had difficulty with over the simplest forms of address, a group as mysterious to him as children, it was southern blacks. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z With great difficulty, the doctors gently turn Lincoln on his side so that the excess fluid will run from his mouth and not choke him. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Waking from the dream, Tartini attempted to recollect the fugitive motives of this diabolic sonata, but could not — and wrote instead, from those fragments, his sonata, infamous for its difficulty, called “The Devil’s Trill.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z We make it down the first hallway without difficulty, but in the second hallway, we encounter two Dauntless guards, one ayoung man and one a middle-aged woman. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He insisted I stay at his house, and I was relieved, for 1 foresaw all sorts of difficulties staying in a hotel while I turned into a Negro. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z If she did this, there would be no difficulty in finding the best possible husband. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z It removed the difficulty of hiding in the cellar, negotiating Mrs. Fletcher’s comings and goings. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z During the previous winter I had become rather seriously ill with one of those carefully named difficulties which are the whispers of approaching age. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps he was tired of the struggle, tired of the Orkney clique and the strange new fashions and the difficulties of love and modem justice. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The difficulties outside Antonio's home were compounded by severe domestic abuse inside the home. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z All of this can be explained very well in the atomic model of the world, but only with much greater difficulty using Cartesian vortices. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The difficulties they encounter in acquiring the principality grow, in part, out of the new institutions and methods they are forced to introduce in order to establish their state and their security. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z He returned with a heavy, stolid Owsla sentry named Ragwort, who at first had some difficulty in understanding what it was that the General wanted to know. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He was walking with purpose, running, really, but Larry had no difficulty keeping stride. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z If they are lucky, they become so full they have difficulty moving. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Much more difficulty came from the necessity to fabricate representations of the inorganic ions. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Nicholson got his cigarette lit, with some difficulty, for there was a light breeze blowing from the north. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z He slowly learns other languages, though he has difficulty speaking them. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But...she had difficulty not staring at him. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The young man had been the first admirer, but she trusted there was no other hold, and that there would be no serious difficulty, on Harriet’s side, to oppose any friendly arrangement of her own. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z That would create difficulty for Stassen, for international pressure to suspend tests was growing—indeed, the Soviets had proposed a test moratorium in May, just as Stassen’s task forces were coming together. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Or did he simply mean that they had better hurry up and take a chance on being able to do what he himself could do without difficulty? Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It choked me up, and I had a great deal of difficulty controlling my emotions until we were out in the corridor again. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I had difficulty grasping it, my hand was trembling so much. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z However, Frightful, as I called her right then and there because of the difficulties we had had in getting together, did not think so gently of me. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The difficulty was not the steep ascent round the shoulders of rock, but the occasional plunges through the undergrowth to get to the next path. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Eratosthenes’ limpid inference does conceal a few additional assumptions, and some difficulties. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z He was stuttering worse than usual and having great difficulty getting his words out. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z We, too, shall have no difficulty in doing so once we understand that it is not necessary to enclose space in order to define or articulate it. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes. Here you are. Claire: Product number Thirty-six. Oh yes, I see the notations about the difficulties.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He spoke softly, but Meggie heard the fury in his voice, suppressed with difficulty but lurking behind every word. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z However, the Icelandic court questioned the Japanese marriage certificate that Miyoko presented because it was only a photocopy, and she had difficulty proving that she was in fact Bobby’s legal wife. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The difficulty posed by negations has long been noted in style manuals. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z As I have mentioned, we were having great difficulty’ making our complaints heard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I would come to share a different difficulty with John Kwang. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She wheeled around the house and neighborhood with very little difficulty, although buildings without ramps and inaccessible public transportation could really start her to fussing. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The main difficulty with sitting at a table by yourself is that there’s nothing to distract you from hearing other people’s conversations. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z That contrast between the immediate virtues of wheat and barley and the difficulties posed by teosinte may have been a significant factor in the differing developments of New World and Eurasian human societies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z When I arrived at the prison, Joe was wheeled into the visitation area without any difficulty. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z For the youngest, songs with three notes are an excellent place to start, because these children will not have much difficulty imitating or matching these pitches and can be successful from the outset. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Miss Honey felt confident that she would have no difficulty in convincing Mr and Mrs Wormwood that Matilda was something very special indeed. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z “No doubt, but the difficulty level is a little high.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z When I asked Mom about it, she admitted that yes, she and Dad had a teensy bit of technical difficulty with the van. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z With difficulty she pulled the rope loose from the tree and rewound it. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Looking at the block, we may get some inkling of Michelangelo’s difficulties here. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. Rosenbluth led me to believe that you were having difficulties of a...personal nature.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Impatient with living on the page, mindful of the difficulties, they were wary of getting ahead of the touch of hands and a single bus-stop kiss. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The minute after that I’ve got tax problems and employee difficulties and threats of lawsuits and greedy relatives no one’s ever heard of before and I’m sick to death of being rich. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Apparently the Prince, like Hermione, had had no difficulty understanding it. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z From that time on, we have had several difficulties trying to adapt to a culture that wasn’t ours. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I feel the trademark symptoms of fear: sweaty palms, racing heart, tightness in my chest, dry mouth, a lump in my throat, difficulty breathing. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z With difficulty Winston continued to keep his eyes fixed on O’Brien’s. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Most of us have difficulty believing that a 275-pound football lineman could have a lively and discerning intellect. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z His lungs were also bothering him and he was having difficulty breathing. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z ‘So I invented a fourth difficulty level: idiot mode. It makes the corns so stupid it’s funny. They always choose exactly the wrong thing to do.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He had difficulty keeping his attention on the war. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The first of us to speak was the Professor, as, realising the difficulty of following him through the stable, we moved toward the hall. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “We do not know what difficulties are ahead of us or how long a time must pass before we reach a point where assistance can be obtained,” Cherrie wrote. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z The subsequent failure of the American Colonization Society and the combination of logistical and economic difficulties in the colony of Liberia exposed the impracticality of any mass migration back to Africa. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Similar difficulties apply to personal-interview polls and mail polls as well. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Naturally, as soon as they became familiar with the geometrical techniques of perspective representation, artists became fascinated by mathematical shapes and the difficulties of drawing them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Then, and Bailey has difficulty believing it was only days ago, the tent had seemed endless. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z There were two small technical legal difficulties with the truck—it had no recent license plates and it had no lights. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But he was absent-minded, unable to remember the one thing which he ought to have told his pupil, and he listened to their difficulties with an impatient ear. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Rigor mortis was starting to set in, and the jaw opened only with difficulty. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Or do all people with mental difficulties get shuttled to room 22? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Aureliano had no difficulty in rescuing the five books that he was looking for from that fabulous disorder, because they were exactly where Melquíades had told him they would be. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z "Just as the beggar's only difficulty about riding is that he has no horse." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z His use of an alias also increased the difficulty of tracking him down. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z |
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