Sentence examples for almost insurmountable task from inspiring English sources

Simón said Sánchez's replacement faced an almost insurmountable task.

But some supporters of the plan said that the mayor faced an almost insurmountable task, given the competing interests of the transit agencies and the unwillingness of Albany lawmakers to take a politically risky vote as they face re-election in the fall.

Put differently: The extreme divisions between Libya's different factions make tackling the IS-linked militias an almost insurmountable task.

It might seem an almost insurmountable task to determine the true lineage of contemporary Spencers when such an "occupational" name probably has many founders.

Coogler returns to directing after his stellar work on Fruitvale Station with the dauntingly and almost insurmountable task of rebooting the Rocky franchise after six previous outings.

Such is the case with Cris, Allen's niece, who also lost her own mother exactly one month before losing her uncle, and now faces the almost insurmountable financial and emotional tasks of taking care of both tragedies.

The Devils' task seems almost insurmountable.

"For anyone worried about this apparently insurmountable task I've been given, let them consider this," Mr. Tihany said.

Together they explore the strange sensations of rain and the knotty furrows of trees, overcome almost insurmountable hurdles to perform "simple" domestic tasks (watching them change a lightbulb is more dramatic than you can possibly imagine), and write plays, prose and poetry that offer others an insight into their seemingly limitless world.

Even simple tasks can become almost insurmountable hurdles in a camp like this, due to lack of necessary tools and equipment.

Funny enough, even if society struggles with what it thinks is a wall for years -- when that seemingly insurmountable task is finally done once, it's usually done again almost immediately.