Sentence examples for a difficult spell from inspiring English sources

The coach is right, I'm going through a difficult spell".

After that, admittedly, there was a difficult spell, one that lasted perhaps four years.

"The group is coming together after a difficult spell," said Rodgers.

Two generations back, her Communist grandparents fled Nazi Germany for a difficult spell in the Soviet Union.

Irbit says that while older bikers carried it through a difficult spell, younger American couples are also drawn to it.

His arrival in England, following a difficult spell in Italy, saw the realisation of his sublime natural talents.

It's a very difficult spell".

In a prolonged difficult spell for women's lifestyle titles, sales of Glamour fell 5.6% on the previous half-year and were saved from falling under the 400,000 mark only by the inclusion of 13,000 free copies.

There was an initial difficult spell, and European displays were generally disappointing, but he has grown into the job in the same way that the side has grown comfortable with his tactics and methods.

"The moment you think you've cracked football is the moment it comes back and kicks you in the proverbials," said Rodwell, who played most of his career in non-league football before moving into the money side during an enormously difficult spell at Boston United.

It is worth noting that Van Gaal, widely proclaimed serial winner, has won two league titles and the German Cup in the past 15 rather staccato years, taking in his disorientating, aborted succession to Ferguson in 2002, a difficult second spell at Barcelona and periods with the Dutch national team.