Similar words: hard-pressed, crossword puzzle, put forward, hard, chard, shard, hardy, harden. Meaning: adj. facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty.
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1. He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.
2. He was hard put to explain her disappearance.
3. We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.
4. Governments will then be hard put to get it on to their national statute books by mid-1993.
5. Nevertheless, an ordinary person might be hard put to tell one from the other.
6. Now we were hard put to find a grubby corner of the upper dock in which to berth Venturous.
7. Commentators were hard put to find words to describe the ceremonial splendor of the final event.
8. Many modern offerings are hard put to please the eye quite so much.
9. With his height and features, he was hard put to pass as a native.
10. Without this map we'd be hard put to find our way.
11. We were hard put to meet the mortgage payment.
12. She would have been hard put to answer it.
13. He would be hard put to understand.
14. They'll be hard put to get here before dawn.
15. He was rather hard put then financially.
16. Karl was hard put to find a good excuse for his absence.
17. People should be hard put to it to find suitable words for the slaughter of the innocent Iraq civilians.
18. He was hard put to it to decide whether to stay in England or go abroad.
19. You'd be hard put to it to justify your behaviour .
20. She would be hard put to it to list other films which she liked more.
21. He was hard put to it to decide whether to stay or to quit.
22. I'd be hard put to it to say exactly why I disliked him.
23. The chauffeur was hard put to it . He tried sounding the horn.
24. Mr Morton is undoubtedly cleverer than Mr Kirkby[sentencedict.com], but he will be hard put to match his popularity.
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25. Once an apology is given, the defendant will be hard put to contest liability later.
26. The slave's side ... and even Miss Phoebe would be hard put to understand.
27. Yet had she been asked what that destination was she would have been hard put to it to answer.
28. I can assure you that any busybody would be hard put to it to prove maltreatment!
29. Aunt Edie was in such a rage about it that she was hard put to contain herself.
30. Even a strong independent from the centre would be hard put in a three-way race to win a majority of the 538 votes of the electoral college.
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