Jenkins' idea, excellent in theory, was extremely difficult, almost impracticable, in practice.

Excellent in itself, Jenkins's scheme was difficult, almost impracticable in its application.

In one case it worked very well, but as a rule appeared to be almost impracticable.

A path, almost impracticable for a horse, goes on to Arendall, still further to the westward.

But reformation was now grown almost impracticable.

Running east and west, Sacramento, Clay, Washington, and Jackson Streets rise in almost impracticable declivity to the hills.

The place at which I found the water was the most difficult for horses to reach; it was almost impracticable.

Now, when these medicines were required, the river was swollen, and so turbulent that its upward navigation was almost impracticable.

Should they charge, there would not be a possibility of escape, as the hooked thorns rendered any sudden movement almost impracticable.

The Levant was suffering from changes which interrupted its commerce and which made the old trade-routes that passed through it almost impracticable.

There was an outlet, but the way to it was evidently almost impracticable, and where it might lead we could not tell.

At about a league distance, we commenced the ascent of the Serra D'Ora Branca, which was almost impracticable even for our mules.

The motion was ably opposed by Mr. Herries, who said, that the proposal to introduce the silver standard was almost impracticable and unjust.

No plummet has hitherto sounded the depth of its bed at this point, the force of the stream probably rendering the operation almost impracticable.

This statute, therefore, rendered it almost impracticable for a poor man to gain a new settlement in the old way, by forty days inhabitancy.

The outer city was surrounded on the north and east by the sea and by sea-walls which rendered an assault on that side almost impracticable.