How to Use roadblock in a Sentence

roadblock

noun

• That's the one roadblock to the plan.
• Israeli troops had set up roadblocks in the area, the IDF said.
  — Elliott Gotkine, CNN, 20 June 2023
• So far, the behind-the-scenes meetings have hit a roadblock, both sides say.
  — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2023
• In this week’s Q&A with the Lede, Northrop said one roadblock in this process has been a lack of state funding.
  — Heather Gann | [e-mail], al, 11 Sep. 2023
• The roadblocks forced Cicchino and the line of cars onto Front Street.
  — Claire Galofaro and Matt Sedensky, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2023
• At Irving’s roadblock, the crowd stared and aimed smartphone cameras at the scene down the road.
  — USA Today, 10 Apr. 2023
• According to McHenry, the main roadblock came from the White House.
  — Byleo Schwartz, Fortune Crypto, 2 Aug. 2023
• The movie’s length throws up a roadblock for the incurious.
  — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• But coming up with the money to comply with the ULEZ might put up a roadblock.
  — Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Dec. 2023
• In trying to get a hold of that candy, Black still came up against roadblocks.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2023
• But the main roadblock is the same – the interconnection queue.
  — Ian Palmer, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2022
• Jeff Zucker’s attempt to be the U.K.’s next media mogul just hit a roadblock.
  — Ben Dummett, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2023
• After falling behind in the first half of the leg, the shining moment came at the lasso roadblock.
  — Journal Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2024
• Bray Wyatt appears to be the next roadblock for Lashley.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2023
• Police set up roadblocks and searched cars and SWAT teams went through more than 100 houses.
  — oregonlive, 18 July 2023
• Argentina should be a lock to move on in Group C but could hit a roadblock against Denmark or France in the second round.
  — Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Nov. 2022
• Here are the roadblocks that Kaiser-Geisinger will face, followed by those the retail giants will encounter.
  — Robert Pearl, Forbes, 17 July 2023
• Write down at least two of your biggest fears and roadblocks to starting your business.
  — Ildeme Mahinay Koch, Forbes, 4 May 2023
• The program hit some roadblocks and so wasn't expanded, but now Mass.
  — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2023
• Friends were reporting that some routes out were safe, and others said they had been turned back at roadblocks.
  — Hafiz Haroun, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2023
• There are no casting couches in her world, no doors being slammed in her face, no roadblocks.
  — Andrea Nevins, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Aug. 2023
• But plenty of speed bumps and roadblocks could impede the EV transition.
  — Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
• But that work also hit a roadblock, after the auger machine being used to pierce through the rubble broke in the final stretch of drilling.
  — Suhasini Raj, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2023
• One of the biggest roadblocks for high-performance EVs up until now has been weight.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2023
• Great rock stars create other rock stars, and burn through boundaries and roadblocks.
  — Evan Minsker, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2023
• Yet now comes another roadblock, this one aimed at teens.
  — Dallas News, 3 Jan. 2023
• Pressley’s resolution seeks to lift the 1982 deadline, which has been the ERA’s main roadblock.
  — Jacob Fulton, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Jan. 2023
• But half of Americans (50%) say there are roadblocks to doing so.
  — Nerdwallet, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2024
• In France, protesting farmers continue their roadblocks outside of Paris and near the cities of Lyon and Toulouse.
  — Sophie Tanno, CNN, 1 Feb. 2024
• Adding to the possible roadblocks to the bill's passage in the upper chamber is its already busy agenda.
  — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 1 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024