He'd been working damn hard and he felt like a drink.

It was damn hard for me to acknowledge the truth to myself, much less a near-stranger.

Once I started, it was damn hard to find a reasonable stopping place.

And I worked damn hard and was top student in my year.

I've worked damn hard to make sure that what happened seventeen years ago never touches him.

No, on reflection, it would have been damn hard to break her out.

After a few weeks, it was damn hard to tell, anyway.

Would have been damn hard to jump out a window carrying it.

It'll be damn hard with that thing in the way, that's my point.

It would be damn hard to prove who was behind the kidnapping.