How to Use stumbling block in a Sentence

stumbling block

noun

• Lack of funds is a major stumbling block to the project.
• My plans hit a stumbling block.
• But the question of how to pay for it may be a stumbling block.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2021
• Just look at it as a stepping stone rather than a stumbling block.
  — Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
• What is likely the stumbling block is the length, just one year.
  — oregonlive, 10 June 2020
• The strength of police unions has been the main stumbling block for change.
  — John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2022
• Of course that became a kind of a stumbling block for a lot of people.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 15 Sep. 2024
• That could be a stumbling block in getting the deal to the finish line.
  — Skyler Swisher, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Apr. 2021
• That was a key question for the police and a stumbling block for friends.
  — Rich Cohen, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2025
• One big potential stumbling block is what's known as the cold chain.
  — Maggie Fox, CNN, 15 Sep. 2020
• But the films themselves may have been the biggest stumbling block.
  — Smithsonian, 28 Feb. 2018
• But what seems like a minor infraction many years ago could be a stumbling block.
  — Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
• But training these AIs to do their tasks has been a big stumbling block.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2023
• The talent was clearly there, but there was always a stumbling block.
  — ABC News, 14 June 2026
• The talent was clearly there, but there was always a stumbling block.
  — Mark Anderson, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
• And right now, this lack of fear could be a real stumbling block for the Biden campaign.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 19 June 2024
• This is the first stumbling block facing millions of patients.
  — Ganes Kesari, Forbes, 24 May 2021
• Much of this work would require Congress to go along, which has been a stumbling block in the past.
  — Emily Peck, Axios, 1 Apr. 2025
• But there was a stumbling block between man and the silky flesh of his avocado.
  — Cindy Dampier, chicagotribune.com, 15 June 2018
• Kim Kardashian may have hit a stumbling block on her path to become a lawyer.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 26 May 2021
• As someone who tries to keep a clean house, the boxes are a literal stumbling block.
  — Jamie Lauren Keiles, Vox, 6 Dec. 2018
• The latest flare-up has underscored the stumbling blocks to a lasting peace.
  — Jana Choukeir, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
• But finding agreement about how, and what to do beyond that, is proving to be a stumbling block.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2019
• The biggest stumbling block isn’t the overall number, but how to pay for all that spending.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2021
• Until now France and the Netherlands were the stumbling blocks.
  — The Economist, 12 June 2019
• The stumbling blocks to dialogue are immense.
  — Obi Anyadike, semafor.com, 23 Mar. 2026
• Still, the thought of leaving the family home is the biggest stumbling block for many retirees.
  — Peter Finch, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2018
• Its first stumbling block is the forces required to perform it — the same thing that drew Yankovskaya to the opera in the first place.
  — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 14 Nov. 2022
• There is, however, the potential of a stumbling block in terms of the fee for Lukaku.
  — SI.com, 24 June 2018
• One of the biggest stumbling blocks was that the concession would be good for only 10 years.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2020