Sentence examples for a harder time asserting from inspiring English sources

If the economy had also grown faster than expected, even with the fiscal package, the White House might have a harder time asserting that its policies were responsible for millions of new jobs.

Students will be hurt by the instability, while permanent teachers, when they finally arrive, may have a hard time asserting control.

I can relate to her in that aspect, because I also have a hard time asserting my ideas in a group setting.

It was thought that Rockets center Hakeem Olajuwon would have a hard time asserting himself versus Robinson and Rodman, who had both been voted into the NBA All-Defensive Teams.

Tehran asserts that unless it secures its regional interests through helping its allies, it has a harder time negotiating with the US from a position of power.

Her mother had a harder time.

This one had a harder time.

People have a harder time with boundaries.

Dramas have a harder time.

Others had a harder time.

5. Walton: On occasions like this, composers have a hard time devising music that seems deferentially ceremonial but still manages to assert some kind of musical identity of its own.