How to Use impediment in a Sentence

impediment

noun

• In a sign of things to come, sky-high prices quickly became an impediment.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2023
• And that has been one of the major impediments to people adopting these cars.
  — CBS News, 31 Dec. 2023
• Like many screen romances, the attraction is only as good as the impediments thrown at the couple, and in this case, those are a doozy.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 10 Aug. 2023
• The aid is not viewed as an impediment to fulfilling the mitzvah.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 3 Oct. 2022
• Cooper wrote that the pendency of the appeal in Miller's case was not an impediment to the trial in Barnett's case.
  — Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 24 Nov. 2022
• Fog, snow, heavy rain, and strong winds are common impediments.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2023
• For all the talk about which candidates would or would not make the cut, the criteria have, so far, presented few impediments to most of the field.
  — Ben Jacobs, The New Republic, 22 Aug. 2023
• But [not playing guitar] wasn’t gonna be an impediment at all in doing this shows.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 22 Jan. 2023
• Once the founders of a DAO set up the intentions and the rules, participants connect without any impediments.
  — Ted Ladd, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
• And the impediment currently is the White House policy on the Southern border.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2023
• That could present a key impediment to reining in the richest companies in the world, which are racing each other to ship out the most advanced AI models.
  — Cat Zakrzewski, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
• The drug’s biggest impediment has been, and remains, the simple fact that a number of doctors are still declining to prescribe it.
  — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2024
• The psychedelics coalition is up against an even more common impediment to change: Washington’s fear of something new.
  — Ben Terris, Washington Post, 6 July 2023
• As a consequence, the high tuition for many programs can be an impediment for many students.
  — James Herbert, STAT, 17 Feb. 2023
• And that Allie, the frisky girl, having overcome various impediments to their love, winds up his wife.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
• The main impediment to this research is the shortage of collections of bones from a single dinosaur species at different stages of growth.
  — Roger S. Seymour, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2023
• The key to making sweat a fashion statement is thinking of it not as an impediment, but as an accessory.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 31 Aug. 2022
• One needless impediment, however, stands in the way of these efforts.
  — Robert Hockett, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
• But at the Homeless World Cup, where all the traditional impediments to success are stripped away, they’re allowed to succeed.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
• His hearing has mostly absented itself but his thatch of grey hair is very present; his voice retains its richness with a hint of speech impediment around the Rs.
  — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 2 Oct. 2022
• When such tests are approved, there should be no impediment to any patients having access to having them.
  — Russell Flannery, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
• Some are glad that someone is taking the lead to remove a major impediment to sales of electric vehicles.
  — Jack Ewing, New York Times, 27 June 2023
• One important impediment to the project, however, in addition to the concerns over the disruption to Main Street, was its cost.
  — Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 9 Sep. 2023
• Trials were designed solely to free the judge from any impediment to passing sentence.
  — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022
• But some say there is a limit to what policy changes will achieve in Italy, when the impediments to big families have attained the intractable level of culture.
  — Alessandra Migliaccio, Fortune Europe, 11 Mar. 2024
• In another email, dated Nov. 24, Kent said Polokoff was bewildered by why the baby shop was such an impediment.
  — John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 29 July 2022
• McCaffrey's salary wouldn't be a major impediment given Lance is on a rookie deal through 2025.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2022
• Here, again, the direction of change is hard to dispute: Europeans are starting to question whether Russia is the only impediment to peace.
  — Susi Dennison, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2023
• While not all artists and writers are bipolar, the disorder can sometimes act as both an inspiration and an impediment for those who are.
  — Michelle Pugle, Health, 23 Jan. 2023
• What would seem like an impediment at first glance is actually a blessing in disguise.
  — Vogue, 28 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024