hard going in a sentence

Examples

1. Hard going at the moment as most are not the most forth coming with what the have or do.
2. Initially it was hard going . " When I first started reading it, no one knew what it was.
3. Thaci's optimistic comments came just hours after Western officials close to the talks described the negotiations as hard going.
4. That wary attitude toward the kosher standards of others, transposed to Borough Park, makes hard going for local restaurants.
5. I know it was hard going up against guys like Ted Johnson and Tedy Bruschi every play, head to head.
6. But later Wednesday, Russian officials said talks with the IMF have run into hard going and the outcome remained uncertain.
7. The agency does have some of the former Communist world to itself, perhaps because it is such hard going there.
8. As the strike has lengthened, the club management has struggled with the burden of stereotype, but it has been hard going.
9. AGES 3-10 Even little ones in love with ballet will find this hard going, with nary a sugarplum fairy in sight.
10. I mean, to be from Arkansas, playing for the Razorbacks, made it hard going places without being bombarded with autograph requests.