How to Use obstacle course in a Sentence

obstacle course

noun
  • We finally made it through the bureaucratic obstacle course and got our visas.
  • The stroller was easy to push through the obstacle course, thanks to the stroller’s all-wheel suspension.
    Katrina Cossey, Parents, 11 July 2023
  • Kids must be 7 years or older to use the obstacle course.
    Allie Morris, Dallas News, 23 June 2020
  • The dogs would pick up raw eggs and return them to Loral I over the same obstacle course.
    Star Tribune, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Running a gymkhana in the 600SL would be like asking Her Majesty to run a boot-camp obstacle course.
    Frank Markus, Car and Driver, 2 Jan. 2023
  • The exhaustion of some of the competitors became clear as the teams reached the first obstacle course of the day.
    Fox News, 18 Apr. 2021
  • Like an obstacle course race, the CrossFit Games, or even a killer hike with a big pack on your back?
    Get-Fit Guy Brock Armstrong, Scientific American, 22 Jan. 2020
  • The object of the game is to steer through an obstacle course to acquire rewards.
    Alex Chaet, CNN, 19 June 2020
  • Pushing a giant boat up and through an obstacle course on the beach?
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 17 Mar. 2022
  • The obstacle course is a lot more natural than a road race.
    Nihal Krishan, Washington Examiner, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Notes used to feel like an obstacle course: the studio, the network, the actors, all milestones.
    Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2023
  • There is no change to the standard airport obstacle course.
    Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Mats cover a large section of the floor, and the centerpiece is an obstacle course made of hard foam.
    Han Ong, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Having lost at the obstacle course, Shanae is all the more determined to win the date rose at the cocktail party.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 11 Jan. 2022
  • In one photo, Watt holds his son while sitting on a blow-up obstacle course in a lake.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 25 July 2023
  • The researchers put the squirrels through an outdoor obstacle course and tracked their leaps with high-speed video.
    Tess Joosse, Scientific American, 5 Aug. 2021
  • After a crash course in aviation, they were put to the test with an obstacle course on the tarmac.
    Aurelie Corinthios, PEOPLE.com, 6 Jan. 2020
  • And then there was a physical test as a little bit of an obstacle course was set up.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Which is sort of the way Theo attacks the obstacle course: diving in head first and rampaging through.
    Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 June 2021
  • Walpole High School is holding an evening event for seniors with food trucks, an obstacle course, and a DJ.
    BostonGlobe.com, 20 May 2021
  • The couple even got in on the action, with Harry joining a team to take on a driving obstacle course.
    Phil Boucher, Peoplemag, 30 Nov. 2022
  • War brings a harvest of tires for an obstacle course and an abundance of bricks for garden beds.
    Beth Bachmann, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024
  • There will be a bounce house, floating obstacle course and a balloon drop.
    Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2023
  • This will allow the child to swing from one end to the other while climbing up different parts of the obstacle course.
    Chris Hachey, BGR, 26 Mar. 2021
  • Bounce house, blow-up obstacle course, a cake walk, Bingo, a DJ, pony rides, face painting, a free meal.
    Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2021
  • The couple even got in on the action, with Prince Harry joining a team to take on a driving obstacle course.
    Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Searching for a new job is like a marathon, coupled with an obstacle course and a decathlon.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 7 Nov. 2021
  • Much of the show records her progress through an obstacle course of indignities.
    Lidija Haas, The New Republic, 3 Sep. 2021
  • The third round will be a team relay through the traditional obstacle course.
    Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Their treatment plans and care must also be filtered through the complex geography of a country that’s become a deadly obstacle course.
    Ari Daniel, NPR, 4 Sep. 2024

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