How to Use tall order in a Sentence

tall order

noun

• The work turned out to be a tall order for a five-year-old.
  — Airea D. Matthews, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 July 2023
• This would have been a tall order in Netanyahu’s prime.
  — Elliott Gotkine, CNN, 10 Oct. 2023
• Making a rom-com that cuts through the clutter these days can be a tall order.
  — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 31 Mar. 2023
• That is a tall order: Experts say coups are very hard to undo once a few days have passed.
  — Declan Walsh, New York Times, 30 July 2023
• Cooking a healthy dinner for a quick meal or a fun date night at home might seem like a tall order.
  — Becca Miller, Good Housekeeping, 6 Mar. 2023
• Reaching such a milestone can feel like a tall order these days.
  — Jessica Fu, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2023
• Best Deals on Shoes and Socks Keeping them in comfy shoes all year round can feel like a tall order.
  — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 31 July 2023
• That’s a tall order for the rookie against that surging defense.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2023
• Seeing a function in this despair might feel like a tall order.
  — Eleanor Morgan, refinery29.com, 13 July 2023
• The fabric needs to be in place and fully depriving the plant of light for at least a year to be effective, which is a tall order.
  — Tovah Martin, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
• Soothing our fractured world sure sounds like a tall order for a muted mix of pink and orange.
  — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2023
• In Ivory Coast, the biggest cocoa grower, the due-diligence mandate will be a tall order.
  — Mumbi Gitau, Fortune Europe, 27 Feb. 2024
• But there is a way in which she’s been given a tall order: By stripping away any distractions, the play is more or less all on her.
  — Chloe Schama, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2023
• Finding a winning pair, or just knowing what to look for, is a tall order for even the savviest fashion folks.
  — Ashley Ogawa Clarke, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2023
• Getting the Yellow Jackets to a bowl game in his first full season at the helm is a tall order, but the roster does have some talent.
  — USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2023
• Catching up seems like a tall order for AMD, Intel, and whoever else wants to take on this heavy favorite.
  — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 14 Apr. 2023
• Mine thoroughly enjoyed our spring break stay here, and that’s a tall order for my ever-harder-to-please tweens.
  — Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2024
• That will be a tall order with a little more than 50 days remaining until election day.
  — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 July 2023
• Even though the Broncos have won two in a row and are coming off an upset of Kansas City, winning at Buffalo is a tall order.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2023
• And trying to find any one singer to try and handle all her different vocal stylings in concerts would indeed be a tall order.
  — Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2024
• But reversing the declining fortune of the US auto worker will be a tall order.
  — Rebecca Greenfield, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2023
• That might be a tall order, and even some Trinidadians who have long worked in oil and gas worry that little can be done to halt their industry’s decline.
  — Clifford Krauss, New York Times, 15 May 2023
• But squeezing four expansive careers into the confines of a four-hour series is a tall order.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023
• Looking to flip a seat for the first time in two decades by defeating incumbent Republican Tate Reeves is a tall order.
  — Isabella Murray, ABC News, 5 May 2023
• Finding a cordless water flosser that's high powered and has a tank long enough to last through an entire cleaning session is a tall order.
  — Sarah Bradley, Health, 17 Mar. 2023
• That’s a tall order; farmers and Native farming tribes have some of the more senior water priorities on the river.
  — Ella Nilsen, CNN, 14 Aug. 2023
• Choosing how to display your treasured family photos and keepsakes is a tall order, but looking at the best picture frames is a good place to start.
  — Kate McGregor, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Mar. 2023
• Considering Amazon has yet to figure out how to get customers to use Alexa in revenue-driving ways, that's a tall order.
  — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 18 Jan. 2024
• Finding a humidifier that's high-powered, quiet, and easy to clean is a tall order.
  — Lauren Manaker Ms, Rdn, Health, 22 Mar. 2023
• This is a tall order, to put it mildly: Russians have dug in and fortified their front lines there with minefields and other heavy-duty barriers.
  — Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024