How to Use rocky road in a Sentence

rocky road

noun

• There isn’t a bona fide need in this instance to go down the rocky road of the oysters.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
• And after last year’s rocky road, Baltimore is in need of a win.
  — Michelle Deal-Zimmerman, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2024
• Clouds of dust swirled and filled the night air as Martha Gellhorn walked up a rocky road on Omaha Beach.
  — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2024
• Yet as many observers have aptly pointed out, there is a rocky road ahead.
  — Chung-In Moon, Foreign Affairs, 30 Apr. 2018
• Put another way, casting the service in the future, there's quite a rocky road ahead for Charles, Camila, William and Kate.
  — Guy Martin, Forbes, 6 May 2023
• Without the turbulence, there is no show here, and at the same time, more of the same rocky road antics between the two could feel repetitive.
  — Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 23 May 2024
• That’s how senior first baseman Cade Duffin approached the rocky road that was his start to the season for Oswego.
  — Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2023
• Even if Sunak faces a rocky road at home, the deal likely marks a dramatic improvement in relations with the EU.
  — Jill Lawless, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Feb. 2023
• This month’s specialty flavors are peanut butter fudge and rocky road.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2023
• Faulconer privately has been discussing a possible route back to City Hall, but that too would be a rocky road.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2023
• The pitcher, who grew up watching the Texas Rangers, had a rocky road to baseball’s big leagues, enduring disappointment and rejection along the way.
  — Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2023
• And as a teaser for the next batch of episodes showed, both Blackwell and Presnell are going to reconnect with their former flames, which will certainly make for a rocky road to the altar.
  — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 19 Feb. 2024
• Some of the beauty industry’s biggest players are finding a rocky road to winning shoppers in China.
  — Sabela Ojea, wsj.com, 10 May 2023
• But Spotify’s return to near-record valuations has been a rocky road, and not without its fair share of departures.
  — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 29 Apr. 2024
• Licked will also offer scoops in classic flavors such as vanilla, mint chip, espresso and rocky road, according to the Instagram post.
  — Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 29 Mar. 2024
• From fights about Radke not having a job outside of the show to Hubbard questioning his sobriety, and all of the other uncomfortable moments in between, it’s been a rocky road.
  — Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2024
• Device makers have long complained that the unclear, rocky road to payment kills innovative companies.
  — Lizzy Lawrence, STAT, 30 June 2023
• The younger Biden's rocky road to sobriety was detailed throughout the firearm trial, which included testimony from his eldest daughter, Naomi Biden.
  — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 11 June 2024
• The transition from the legacy into the legal market has been a slow and rocky road despite the best intentions of the law, mandating that 50% of all licenses must be issued to social equity applicants.
  — Stu Zakim, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2023
• If more than 5% of residents oppose or hold out, developers will have a rocky road to acquisition such as with Bay Park Towers in Edgewater where discussions have been ongoing for three years.
  — Rebecca San Juan, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2024
• Notably, Walmart is the exception to retail’s rocky road: The company last month reported a 4% year-over-year leap in comparable store sales, exceeding expectations.
  — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2024
• But the scheme has attracted scrutiny from regulators in several countries, suggesting that its mission to become the world’s arbiter of digital identity could face a rocky road.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024