How to Use rocky road in a Sentence

rocky road

noun

• Colfax and Cream had a rocky road.
  — Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2026
• There isn’t a bona fide need in this instance to go down the rocky road of the oysters.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
• Yet as many observers have aptly pointed out, there is a rocky road ahead.
  — Chung-In Moon, Foreign Affairs, 30 Apr. 2018
• It’s been a rocky road over the past few years for the law enforcement drama.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 29 May 2025
• And after last year’s rocky road, Baltimore is in need of a win.
  — Michelle Deal-Zimmerman, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2024
• These bits of planet are like the nuts and marshmallows in the rocky road brownie.
  — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 28 Aug. 2025
• Those six weeks have been a rocky road, but fans’ hopes are high going into Week 7.
  — Chandler Boese, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2025
• The last few years have been a rocky road for Ben & Jerry's and Unilever.
  — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 20 Mar. 2025
• This month’s specialty flavors are peanut butter fudge and rocky road.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2023
• Her home, made from scratch, sits off a rocky road, deep in the desert mountains of the American West.
  — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026
• Painter's first season back from Tommy John surgery in 2025 was a rocky road.
  — Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
• Wall Street is bracing for a rocky road ahead for shares of Tesla on the heels of a messy second-quarter print.
  — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 24 July 2024
• Without the turbulence, there is no show here, and at the same time, more of the same rocky road antics between the two could feel repetitive.
  — Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 23 May 2024
• Clouds of dust swirled and filled the night air as Martha Gellhorn walked up a rocky road on Omaha Beach.
  — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2024
• Faulconer privately has been discussing a possible route back to City Hall, but that too would be a rocky road.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2023
• Signals for a rocky road Early this season, there were signs that trouble could be brewing for the Magic.
  — Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 May 2026
• That’s how senior first baseman Cade Duffin approached the rocky road that was his start to the season for Oswego.
  — Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2023
• Some of the beauty industry’s biggest players are finding a rocky road to winning shoppers in China.
  — Sabela Ojea, wsj.com, 10 May 2023
• But Spotify’s return to near-record valuations has been a rocky road, and not without its fair share of departures.
  — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 29 Apr. 2024
• Even if Sunak faces a rocky road at home, the deal likely marks a dramatic improvement in relations with the EU.
  — Jill Lawless, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Feb. 2023
• Device makers have long complained that the unclear, rocky road to payment kills innovative companies.
  — Lizzy Lawrence, STAT, 30 June 2023
• Licked will also offer scoops in classic flavors such as vanilla, mint chip, espresso and rocky road, according to the Instagram post.
  — Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 29 Mar. 2024
• And to pull the camera back a little to get the entire Boston sports market into the picture, the Celtics may have some company on that rocky road.
  — Steve Buckley, New York Times, 17 May 2025
• Pacino recalled the rocky road to cinematic glory in his new memoir Sonny Boy.
  — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
• Jon Cryer is opening up about his rocky road to friendship with Andrew McCarthy in a new interview.
  — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026
• Put another way, casting the service in the future, there's quite a rocky road ahead for Charles, Camila, William and Kate.
  — Guy Martin, Forbes, 6 May 2023
• The pitcher, who grew up watching the Texas Rangers, had a rocky road to baseball’s big leagues, enduring disappointment and rejection along the way.
  — Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2023
• And as a teaser for the next batch of episodes showed, both Blackwell and Presnell are going to reconnect with their former flames, which will certainly make for a rocky road to the altar.
  — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 19 Feb. 2024
• Even the momentous Hulk showdown amounts to a big nothing, however—a major tease that becomes another speed bump on the MCU’s rocky road of late.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2025
• Trump’s promises to quickly deport as many as 15 million undocumented individuals on Day One sound tough but face a rocky road ahead.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 2025