rocky road

noun

: a difficult time

He knew he had a long rocky road ahead of him if he wanted to become a doctor.

Examples of rocky road in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Logan O’Grady, executive director of the Minnesota Solar Energy Industries Association, said the state’s solar industry began letting workers go even before Trump’s bill passed, in anticipation of a rocky road ahead. —Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 9 July 2025

Like most environmental groups, the San Diego chapter of the Sierra Club is navigating an increasingly rocky road. —Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 June 2025

Though Abigail Heringer invited Noah Erb to join her on a first date at the start of season 7, the two faced a rocky road ahead of them and eventually broke things off. —Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 7 July 2025

Milwaukee County's Department of Transportation, which oversees the agency and provides the county its fiscal projections, is also facing a rocky road as its executive director, Donna Brown-Martin, suddenly stepped down following calls for the audit. —Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025

Rhymes for rocky road

• afterload
• episode
• internode
• microcode
• multimode
• nematode
• nesselrode
• overflowed
• overload
• overrode
• radioed
• torpedoed