Sentence examples for it proved tricky from inspiring English sources
The phrase "it proved tricky" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation or task that turned out to be more difficult than expected.
Example: "The project was straightforward at first, but as we delved deeper, it proved tricky to manage all the moving parts."
Alternatives: "it turned out to be challenging" or "it became complicated.".
Both are now thriving, though it proved tricky to find the right balance of heat for the tilapia and nutrients for the lettuce.
When, at 14, the whole family moved back to Alabama, Cathey and his sister were thrilled at the prospect of returning to American high school – "we were going to be with other black people!" – but it proved tricky to slot back in unnoticed.
It proves tricky to extract a straight answer from the Yazidis when it comes to what, exactly, defines their sect.
2. It proves tricky to distinguish religious from secular reasons.
Once he has had that vision, he has faith in it and pursues it like a dog after a bone even if it proves tricky to realise at first.
It will lead me off the modern-day main road and through another ancient Bai village called Shaxi.On the map the road looks straight enough; in reality it proves trickier to follow.
Finding this flat and keeping it has proved tricky.
Though many of you nominated favourite clues it sometimes proved tricky (for possibly obvious reasons) to determine just which were being referred to, so I won't declare a winner.
Legalizing gay marriage — "marriage for all" — was a campaign promise by President François Hollande, a Socialist, but it has proved tricky and divisive in France, which is a secular republic but remains an essentially Roman Catholic country where few go to church.
(It has proved tricky to produce batches of tubes consisting exclusively of either sort).To align their tubes, Dr Shulaker and his team grew them on strips of quartz, the crystal structure of which left 99.5% of them pointing in the right direction.
Indeed, it's proved tricky enough to bring reunions to an end: Kim Deal left the Pixies; the Stone Roses and Pulp clearly decided it wasn't worth the aggro, while Jerry Dammers recently noted that his desire to record new songs was among the reasons he swiftly exited the reconstituted Specials.
