Sentence examples for difficulty earlier this year from inspiring English sources

He had difficulty earlier this year meeting fund-raising goals, and he faces an extraordinary challenge from Dr. Dean in Iowa.

"We had a technical difficulty yesterday," he announced.

The difficulty today of assigning dollar values to "toxic" assets makes Morgan's job look easy.

At a time of difficulty last year I found comfort in yoga.

Cameron: (Speaking with difficulty) Last night, actually – and we just CAN'T!

"The seeds of his political difficulty today were planted in taking those steps," he said.

Astana had fallen into financial difficulty this year, with riders disclosing they were not paid for a stretch.

Or even when Father Christmas laments having "the greatest difficulty last year in arranging an even distribution of toys to all the children in the world".

The astronauts bolted in the refrigerator with no difficulty today, but struggled to get the radiator aligned and attached to Hubble's exterior.

But more fundamentally, it underlines what many Democrats have long said has been Mr. Kerry's continuing difficulty this year to present a unifying theme for his candidacy.

The patchwork standards of each county in Florida contributed to the difficulty last year in arriving at a precise tabulation of votes, delaying the results for 36 days.