The phrase "a tricky time in" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a challenging or difficult period in a specific context or situation.
Example: "She found herself in a tricky time in her career when she had to make a tough decision about her future."
Alternatives: "a challenging period in" or "a difficult phase in".
This was a tricky time in our marriage.
The Romans had a tricky time in south Wales, with the senator and historian Tacitus noting how fearsome, warlike and difficult to subdue the tribes there were.
I am your adoring Naomi I'm going to write you poetwee My friend Sophia was going through a tricky time in her marriage.
At a tricky time in British democracy, his dedication to the system, even as he has stretched and coloured it, is Mr Clarke's great lesson to his peers.It's best when you improviseBecause so much follows from it.
It's been a tricky time in the book trade, taking advantage of the opportunities from technology, while facing unprecedented challenges from it.
However, perhaps some sobriety was in order: after all, this was a serious subject being discussed at a tricky time in the industry.
This was always going to be a tricky time, for in the phrase of her 1950s and '60s predecessor, William McChesney Martin, she has to "take the punchbowl away just as the party gets going".
The second year is a particularly tricky time in a PhD because you may feel overburdened with what still needs to be achieved and have the impression that your efforts have so far amounted to nothing.
At the same time, it comes at a tricky time for large tech companies in the wider tax debate in Europe.
Mr. Meyer's "Canon," originally for bass and banjo, started off with a wistful whole-tone theme, which swelled to fast, intricate whorls in a tricky time signature.
The 60s were a tricky time to be a woman in broadcasting: she was one of the pioneers; Muir could label her a sex bomb without fear of a backlash; society – as well as her husband – expected her to do the childcare; and women tended to be given the softer journalistic roles.
