How to Use speed bump in a Sentence

speed bump

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• Beauty and the Beast’s TV spinoff has hit a speed bump.
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Feb. 2022
• The Sox’ bats hit a bit of a speed bump during their West Coast swing.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2021
• The groin problem is just the latest speed bump for Lane.
  — Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 9 Feb. 2023
• But even that turned out to be a speed bump rather than a roadblock.
  — Washington Post, 5 May 2022
• The only speed bump the Mustangs hit was in the first quarter.
  — Mike Hutton, chicagotribune.com, 24 Feb. 2021
• The delta variant has put a speed bump in the world’s path out of the pandemic.
  — Washington Post, 17 June 2021
• Those wattles act as speed bumps to slow the flow and stem erosion.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2024
• The nose lift for speed bumps or ramps now has a dedicated button on the dash to the left of the wheel.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 16 Nov. 2023
• But that was a county speed bump, not a state roadblock.
  — John Canzano, oregonlive, 22 Oct. 2020
• And somewhere in there is this speed bump in the narrative — your crime.
  — New York Times, 7 June 2022
• In one town, the only division from Guatemala was a speed bump.
  — Clara Migoya, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2022
• For many leaders, the first speed bump is a belief in their own agency.
  — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2022
• Suns poised for a sweep After a small speed bump in the first round, the Suns are not messing around with the Mavericks.
  — Matt Eppers, USA TODAY, 5 May 2022
• There would be one more major speed bump before the end of shooting.
  — Clark Collis, EW.com, 28 Sep. 2021
• But the Serum Institute’s plan hit a speed bump early this year.
  — Grady McGregor, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2021
• Pro right now, battery life seems like the most important upgrade from the A17 rather than the speed bump.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 2 Jan. 2023
• Klay Thompson hit the first speed bump of his comeback Sunday.
  — Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Jan. 2022
• Alabama’s rapid recovery from the delta wave has hit a bit of a speed bump - at least for now.
  — Ramsey Archibald | [e-mail], al, 22 Oct. 2021
• Things get messy when Taylor and Monte's budding romance hits a speed bump.
  — Kyle Fowle, EW.com, 23 Sep. 2022
• In contrast, Saturday’s 52-24 win over Texas A&M came with a first-half speed bump.
  — Mike Rodak | [e-mail], al, 8 Oct. 2020
• The Panthers’ first big speed bump of the season may have turned into a brick wall in the form of a 49-0 loss to powerhouse Sheldon.
  — oregonlive, 11 Oct. 2022
• Is this just a speed bump in the Bulls’ turnaround or a course correction that was due to happen over the grind of an 82-game season?
  — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 18 Jan. 2022
• The tie proved short-lived, with Crawford hitting a familiar speed bump in the sixth inning.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023
• However, a speed bump on the road to WrestleMania appeared in the form of Dolph Ziggler.
  — Dallas News, 9 Mar. 2022
• Morgan Wallen is hitting the road again after hurtling over a career speed bump this past year.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2021
• But there might be another speed bump: the emergence of a subtype of Omicron.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2022
• Killing some 20 backpackers before his spree hit a speed bump, Sobhraj was brought down by the Dutch Embassy.
  — Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 July 2023
• Last week’s debacle against the Indianapolis Colts was a speed bump for the Ravens defense, not a case of the team hitting the wall.
  — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 18 Oct. 2021
• Are the speed bumps in this robotaxi rollout enough to derail the nascent industry as a whole?
  — Rafi Schwartz, The Week, 29 Aug. 2023
• Lenders cannot afford to be the speed bump on their customers’ paths to greater efficiency.
  — Jorge Sun, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024