Sentence examples for difficult and protracted from inspiring English sources

Other officials said it had been "very difficult" and protracted.

Paradigm shifts occur slowly; if arriving at a new medical conception of pain has been difficult and protracted, disseminating the knowledge will be more so.

People have heard of it, but few know what it is – including GPs, health visitors and paediatricians – making diagnosis difficult and protracted.

That same month he advised cabinet on the budget strategy, stating that it needed to recognise that dealing with the current account issue "is going to be both difficult and protracted".

He has appealed to the troops fighting around the city to block routes where they can to prevent women being moved to Syria at the end of a battle widely expected to be difficult and protracted, but to end in Isis's defeat.

International and domestic efforts to restore it will prove difficult and protracted.

Exit negotiations could be complicated and protracted.

He described the inquiries as long, complex and protracted.

Still, tough and protracted negotiations undoubtedly lie ahead.

But any settlement talks could be long and protracted.

Yet, high and protracted unemployment plagues many less-skilled workers.