Even when the giant was extremely close, Paithan had difficulty separating it from its background.

Consumed by the practical difficulties separating plan and theory from hard reality?

Gittel has a fling with an old boyfriend, and Jerry has difficulty separating himself emotionally from his wife.

"It's been my experience that humans have a great deal of difficulty separating emotional despair from what you call responsibility," he explained.

A 1973 internal company news article concluded that the show's child audience had difficulty separating Schwinn's sales pitch from that of the show.

Bowker's is somewhat more detailed, but he often has difficulty separating his speculation from fact.

"These children have real difficulty separating from their parents," Dr. Last said.

"This man now seems to have an enormous difficulty separating his personal religious commitment from his public policy positions."

His lips were so dry he had difficulty separating them.

Rob, the narrator, is so obsessed with pop culture that he has difficulty separating it from his real life.