Sentence examples for a difficult meeting from inspiring English sources

It was, Mr. Hildebrand and other participants agree, a difficult meeting.

It was the first time they'd ever met, and was a difficult meeting.

General Clark, who has since apologized, said: "This was a difficult meeting.

I well remember his fierce question to Geoffrey Howe on 24 October 1984: Howe had just returned from a difficult meeting of the EEC Foreign Affairs Council.

He recounted a difficult meeting with a family member of one trapped miner who sought reassurance that there was something to look forward to after death.

In what some described as a "difficult" meeting with 150 BBC staff yesterday, Thompson proposed concessions, including reviewing the pension top-ups made to senior executives.

"She said, 'This is going to be a very difficult meeting — the university is facing dire financial restrictions and has to close the museum,' " Mr. Rush recalled.

EU sources predicted a "very difficult" meeting at the council, where ministers traditionally vie to appear strong in defence of their domestic fishing industries.

The Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, came out fighting against American pressure to end construction of Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem just hours before a potentially difficult meeting today with Barack Obama.

Internal government emails leaked to the Observer revealed on Sunday that the Democratic Unionist party leader, Arlene Foster, had privately let it be known that she was readying herself for a no-deal scenario following a "hostile and difficult" meeting with Barnier last week.

He lasted two seasons, getting the news during a congenial but difficult meeting with General Manager Bill Bavasi.