Using a small test light to locate the short, Tom found the job maddeningly difficult.

But the progress is slow and the statements remain maddeningly difficult to decipher.

Gang violence has proven maddeningly difficult to address even when the crime rate more generally has gone down.

Getting any of the software to run properly using the instructions provided is maddeningly difficult; the company promises an improved installation program.

The batteries in the flashlight were almost dead, making it maddeningly difficult to determine the extent of the damage.

Of course, it is maddeningly difficult to separate the bragging from the believable in those conversations, he said.

But that didn't make him any less eccentric, irritable, or maddeningly difficult to work with.

Although this work is all about language, it's maddeningly difficult to write about.

The thick jungle growth made the search maddeningly difficult.

But reaching ground truth has proved maddeningly difficult.