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
• But even that turned out to be a speed bump rather than a roadblock.
  — Washington Post, 5 May 2022
• The only roadblock would be whether there’s a thirst to keep telling them.
  — Karen Yuan, Bon Appétit, 18 Dec. 2024
• This wasn't the first time a new roadblock has been thrown up for open-source researchers.
  — Chris Looft, ABC News, 4 Feb. 2022
• 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
• But that was a county speed bump, not a state roadblock.
  — John Canzano, oregonlive, 22 Oct. 2020
• Neck gaiters also were found not to be a good roadblock.
  — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2020
• Over the past two years, this playoff game had been a roadblock for the No. 1 Lakers.
  — Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 14 May 2024
• The roadblocks forced Cicchino and the line of cars onto Front Street.
  — Claire Galofaro and Matt Sedensky, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2023
• Sanders sees size as the roadblock to his team being able to compete in such a game.
  — Mike Rodak | [e-mail], al, 21 July 2022
• At Irving’s roadblock, the crowd stared and aimed smartphone cameras at the scene down the road.
  — USA Today, 10 Apr. 2023
• The biggest roadblock that is standing in my way is me.
  — Crissle West, SELF, 6 Oct. 2020
• 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
• McConnell has raised his own major roadblock to any deal: the size.
  — Billy House, Bloomberg.com, 16 Oct. 2020
• Green said the driver sped away but ran into a roadblock.
  — CBS News, 14 Aug. 2022
• The talks with Alden soon hit a big roadblock over service agreement fees.
  — Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2021
• The roadblocks for a return to play proved too high and wide, however.
  — Dan Arritt, Oc Register, 9 May 2025
• As Mize slammed into a roadblock, Bieber stayed strong.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 18 Sep. 2020
• Not having a goal in mind can be a roadblock to success, both Howard and Kelleher said.
  — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 29 Jan. 2022
• Jeff Zucker’s attempt to be the U.K.’s next media mogul just hit a roadblock.
  — Ben Dummett, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2023
• Deciding when to meet tends to be the biggest roadblock, Ford says.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 8 July 2024
• That is the roadblock millions of Black people face when searching for their roots in the country.
  — Rosalind Bentley, ajc, 24 Aug. 2021
• Parolees who recently tried to adjust their legal status had hit a roadblock.
  — David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2025
• Yet OpenAI’s pursuit of industry-wide dominance shows no real signs of having hit a roadblock.
  — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025