How to Use stumbling block in a Sentence

stumbling block

noun

• Lack of funds is a major stumbling block to the project.
• My plans hit a stumbling block.
• That’s what could be the stumbling block for the record.
  — Tom Maxwell, Longreads, 16 Mar. 2021
• The thought of air travel is the first stumbling block.
  — Alison Humes and Matthew King, WSJ, 16 Oct. 2020
• The strength of police unions has been the main stumbling block for change.
  — John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2022
• But the question of how to pay for it may be a stumbling block.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2021
• That could be a stumbling block in getting the deal to the finish line.
  — Skyler Swisher, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Apr. 2021
• Its first stumbling block is the forces required to perform it — the same thing that drew Yankovskaya to the opera in the first place.
  — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 14 Nov. 2022
• Just look at it as a stepping stone rather than a stumbling block.
  — Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
• But training these AIs to do their tasks has been a big stumbling block.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2023
• So, this is not viewed as a major stumbling block this year.
  — Edith M. Lederer, ajc, 26 Aug. 2022
• Scale is arguably the biggest stumbling block for Too Good To Go.
  — Julian Chokkattu, Wired, 20 Jan. 2022
• One big potential stumbling block is what's known as the cold chain.
  — Maggie Fox, CNN, 15 Sep. 2020
• The biggest stumbling block isn’t the overall number, but how to pay for all that spending.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2021
• The key stumbling block in the actors talks is a proposal to share in the revenue of streaming platforms.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 13 Oct. 2023
• Kim Kardashian may have hit a stumbling block on her path to become a lawyer.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 26 May 2021
• This is the first stumbling block facing millions of patients.
  — Ganes Kesari, Forbes, 24 May 2021
• King wrote in his letter from jail that white moderates were a bigger stumbling block to him than the KKK.
  — al, 30 Dec. 2021
• One stumbling block Dominik placed in her path: She was not permitted to show rage.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 22 Sep. 2022
• This becomes a stumbling block as the project progresses.
  — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2023
• But finding the right sounds, words, and phrases in the moment can be a stumbling block for even the most experienced lovers.
  — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 26 June 2023
• But this time around, some experts see its shakeup as less of a stumbling block than a potential path to progress.
  — Erin Brodwin, STAT, 27 Aug. 2021
• But, by the beginning of the 20th century, physicists had hit a stumbling block.
  — Eoin O'Carroll, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Mar. 2021
• One major stumbling block is the risk of adding more technical debt to handle requests that come in.
  — Romi Stein, Forbes, 9 June 2022
• One stumbling block to a deal is Great Dyke’s valuation of the project, the people familiar said.
  — Felix Njini, Bloomberg.com, 7 Oct. 2020
• For as long as the Constitution has stood as a stumbling block to them, would-be tyrants have been searching for creative end runs around it.
  — Nate Hochman, National Review, 14 Feb. 2023
• One stumbling block comes in the design of gas stations’ power bills, which include fees for brief spikes in power use.
  — Jennifer Hiller, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022
• The lack of a common standard is another stumbling block.
  — Simon Hill, Wired, 8 Jan. 2022
• Initially there was a stumbling block, but it was removed.
  — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 13 Nov. 2020
• The Browns embarked on a mission to trade Mayfield, but there wasn’t much of a market -- many openings had been filled and his contract was a stumbling block.
  — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 6 July 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024