The phrase "a state of difficulty" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation or condition where someone is facing challenges or obstacles.
Example: "After losing his job, he found himself in a state of difficulty, struggling to make ends meet."
Alternatives: "a challenging situation" or "a difficult circumstance".
The problem for Labour, however, is that in its northern heartlands, it is the Conservatives rather than Miliband et al who appear to have won the 'fairness' battle when it comes to welfare, leaving the opposition in a state of considerable difficulty.
The [name omitted] department at the NOC has recently been in a state of upheaval, with difficulty getting people to commit to helping sort out problems or even return emails… This may be because of the merger coming up.
But on a deeper level the movie is really a meditation on the frustrating experience of living under a state of siege and the difficulty of carrying on the semblance of normal life in such circumstances.
The industry is in a state of generation overcapacity and mounting difficulty pushing through rate relief with public service commissions.
Hyperarousal is characterised by a state of nervousness, accelerated heart beat, difficulty sleeping.
Her constant humanitarian work for her family and former slaves, meanwhile, kept her in a state of constant poverty, and her difficulties in obtaining a government pension were especially taxing for her.
A State of the Union speech finesses that difficulty.
Rob Dobson, a senior economist at Markit, described the UK's manufacturing sector as in a state of "near stagnation" after the ongoing difficulties faced by exporters were mirrored in the domestic market.
This is a weak, isolated state in a great deal of difficulty that's trying to use whatever levers it has to increase its bargaining power and its stature both to its own population and to the world.
Reverend Bob Fox of the Faith Baptist Church in nearby Georgetown told CNN, "I have a great deal of difficulty when the state is asked to promote a religious position and through funding.
However, recent pieces of evidence suggest the existence of a naïve state of pluripotency and may surmount difficulties met with FGF-dependent human ES cell and iPS cells.
