The bad financial situation was made more difficult by a sharp increase in oil and food prices.

While a small project, the job was difficult even by professional standards.

Those times, he later said, have been made more difficult by the recent elections.

The analysis was the most difficult of the three by all odds.

Hard training began, which was made more difficult by a very severe winter.

It was a simple task made difficult by something she couldn't name.

The situation is made much more difficult by the fact that I'm broke and don't have insurance.

This is made more difficult by the fact that the levels are not played in sequence.

For me, the decisions were made a bit less difficult by several factors.

Well, perhaps not so extreme, but it's difficult enough by any standard.