How to Use tall order in a Sentence

tall order

noun
  • But this is a tall order for many banks.
    — Hannah Parker, NBC news, 24 Dec. 2025
  • That alone will be a tall order.
    — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
  • That is a tall order, but hope is just that.
    — Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
  • For Crook, that is a tall order.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 27 June 2026
  • The task of building so many spaceships in a year is a tall order.
    — Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Reaching such a milestone can feel like a tall order these days.
    — Jessica Fu, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Finding a name that checked all those boxes proved to be a tall order.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2026
  • But this late-season slide has made a playoff berth a tall order now.
    — Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
  • But even then, making the money work is a tall order.
    — Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Making a rom-com that cuts through the clutter these days can be a tall order.
    — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 31 Mar. 2023
  • But Hemmati faces a tall order.
    — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Perhaps that feels like a tall order, but stranger things have happened.
    — Andrew Zaleski, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2026
  • This was always going to be a tall order for Leeds.
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • This tall order is possible with a little help from the pros.
    — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Seeing a function in this despair might feel like a tall order.
    — Eleanor Morgan, refinery29.com, 13 July 2023
  • Gold qualified on both fronts, but the concept was a tall order.
    — Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Needless to say, the Cyclones have a tall order in front of them.
    — Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Going 4-2 over the final six will be a tall order.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 18 Nov. 2025
  • 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
  • Getting back to their previous heights will be a tall order.
    — The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The 23-year-old did not buckle under the weight of this tall order.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
  • That’s a tall order for the rookie against that surging defense.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 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
  • Trying to carve out its own path in the wake of Jurassic Park was a tall order.
    — Grace Dean, Space.com, 1 July 2026
  • The state spends hundreds of billions of dollars each year, and keeping track of it all is a tall order.
    — Linh Tat, Daily News, 14 May 2026
  • The best solution is to close off the mines — but that is a tall order, simply because there are so many.
    — Justin Klawans, theweek, 12 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • As in the tall order of Wemby and the Spurs, in their lone visit of the season.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Even for Scheffler, beating Clark by six shots to force a playoff is a tall order.
    — Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 21 June 2026

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