How to Use no easy/simple matter in a Sentence

no easy/simple matter

noun
  • Catching a fish the size of a small person with a willowy fly rod and a fly the size of your thumb is no easy matter.
    Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Throwing the events was no simple matter and took almost three years to plan.
    Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 23 Mar. 2023
  • But knowing how to think and act as a citizen of this small world is no easy matter.
    Matthew MacKenzie, The Conversation, 10 June 2020
  • Strong buildings come from strong ideas, and to distill the beliefs of 39 very different tribes into a unified credo is no easy matter.
    Michael J. Lewis, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2022
  • But this year, even showing up — and in particular, returning to the high-stakes live format — is no simple matter.
    NBC News, 3 Oct. 2020
  • Flying to Psyche, a massive member of the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, is no simple matter.
    Wired, 29 July 2022
  • This is no simple matter of Tua’s health deciding the future of the concussion protocol, or of the Miami Dolphins.
    The Indianapolis Star, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Choosing life is no simple matter, as many faith communities place emphasis on death.
    Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Sep. 2021
  • But visualising our everyday thoughts is no easy matter, and dream-reading is more difficult still.
    Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 26 Feb. 2012
  • Attacking Starlink in space would be no simple matter because SpaceX has launched more than 3,000 satellites and is seeking permission to eventually launch tens of thousands.
    Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Either way, finding a marquee replacement on such short notice to headline the world’s biggest and most profitable annual music festival is no easy matter.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2023
  • That is no easy matter, at a time when commodities are increasingly expensive, and when sourcing and supplying them is maddeningly complicated.
    Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2022

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