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
• Making a record that lives up to the group’s legend after so many years was a tall order.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2024
• 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
• This tall order is possible with a little help from the pros.
  — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Aug. 2024
• Gold qualified on both fronts, but the concept was a tall order.
  — Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
• Foxx took to the stage and did his best to crack up the crowd of advertisers, a tall order considering the bar had yet to open.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 13 May 2024
• Seeing a function in this despair might feel like a tall order.
  — Eleanor Morgan, refinery29.com, 13 July 2023
• In the frenetic world of Borderlands, that is a tall order.
  — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2024
• Catching every minute of the action is a tall order, even for the most diehard Olympics aficionado.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 24 July 2024
• 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
• Playing the President of the United States is a tall order, but a huge number of actors have taken on the task over the years.
  — EW.com, 4 July 2024
• 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
• Buying their own gear is a tall order because money is tight.
  — Amy Maxmen, CNN, 2 Aug. 2024
• 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
• Getting consumers to change their behavior is a tall order.
  — Bill Novelli, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2024
• But reversing the declining fortune of the US auto worker will be a tall order.
  — Rebecca Greenfield, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024