have a tough time of it

"He always seems to have a tough time of it."

But secrets are having a tough time of it these days.

She was born into the working class and had a tough time of it before escaping.

You've had a tough time of it, but now everything's fine."

The kid was having a tough time of it.

"Honey, you look like you're having a tough time of it," she said.

In both camps, the self-obsessed will have a tough time of it.

"If she loses that thumb, she'll have a tough time of it.

Hallowell believes they actually have a tougher time of it than men.

"You had a tough time of it," assured Ruth.

The manager had a tougher time of it, being both shorter and rounder than his ballplayer.

Orphaned by a car crash, she and her big sister, Nani, are having a tough time of it living alone.

"Jay has had a tough time of it," said Mr. Bauer.

While veterans with technical expertise or management skills are doing well, lower-level soldiers and sailors are having a tougher time of it.

But Pirx - flushed, sweaty, and inwardly fuming - was having a tough time of it.

I did not want Warrack to orient himself and he would have had a tough time of it the way I drove.

That is because after unrealistic expectations and a quick start that made those expectations even greater, St. John's had a tough time of it last season.

However students do have a tough time of it and should be given incentives like realistic discounts on transport costs so that they can live in the suburbs.

True, men have had a tougher time of it, having been disemployed for reasons of age, and with scant appetite for the yawning years ahead.

Religious books will probably have a tougher time of it during the next several years, the survey concluded, selling fewer units and with only modest increases in sales dollars.

He was having a tough time of it, apparently--on the verge of bankruptcy, so the loss of his family wasn't his only reason for suicide."

Under Coach Lou Saban, Miami went 3-8-0 versus opponents with a combined record of 66-42-2, and no one had a tougher time of it.

Sure as hell, some people had had a tougher time of it than Merle Grimes, even if he wouldn't admit it this side of the rack.

Primary Left Scars Mr. Abrams was all but bound to have a tough time of it this fall, after an extraordinarily hard-fought Democratic primary.

But these days marketers seeking the pre-teen-age mass audience have a tougher time of it, because of a trend that has been quietly developing for more than a decade.