Common collocations with hard in American Collocation

Mining for tin was a very hard and dangerous occupation.

This is a claim that is pretty hard to justify.

It was sometimes hard to know whether or not she was suffering or not.

Meeting all my deadlines has been particularly hard this month.

The band handled this incredibly hard piece with ease.

These birds can be surprisingly hard to see amongst the treetops.

The target group for the project is men under 45 who are notoriously hard to reach.

Although the work is physically hard, he enjoys it.

This play, though hard to understand at times, is probably one of Shakespeare’s best.

It is hard to believe that this peak was first climbed only a hundred years ago!

It is hard to predict what might happen in the future.

It’s hard to tell if this is due to the translation or the original Japanese text.

It’s hard to imagine a low-calorie fat.

It’s hard to avoid comparing the new version with the old.

You are starving hungry and the lure of fast food is just too hard to resist.

At the time it was hard to argue with Burns’ decision to let him go.

Many of the woodland species are hard to find.

We secured a “Very Good” award, which is extremely hard to achieve.

She finds the divorce very hard to cope with.

Some experiences are so powerful, they are hard to explain.

It’s hard to pick highlights from such a collection of success.

This may seem complicated and hard to remember, but it isn’t.