obstacle
IPA: ˈɑbstʌkʌɫ
noun
- Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress, either physically or figuratively
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Examples of "obstacle" in Sentences
- He was facing many obstacles.
- The only obstacle is the burden of proof.
- The fireballs remain the primary obstacle.
- The second obstacle was the property itself.
- This is the main obstacle in the welding of metals.
- Some of the obstacles they faced seemed insurmountable.
- The second obstacle was the massive reduction in manpower.
- The main obstacle is the willpower and commitment to do all this.
- Disorient the main obstacle is the kind of dealing with extremists
- The phonology of the language is here the obstacle not the orthography.
- The closer the object is to the obstacle, the greater the repulsive force.
- In any event, this 'obstacle' is the only one she has no control in altering.
- Certainly there will be obstacles to surmount for everybody as in previous years.
- I simply think that you may be assuming that the main obstacle is wanting to do so.
- Sure they can, although I think the main obstacle is poverty and not over-regulation.
- "The main obstacle is sorting out the complexities of the various offers," said DuPuy, who heads the relocation process.
- Likewise, Kel faces misogyny, as the first girl to try for knighthood without disguising herself as a boy, and in the first book her obstacle is the misogyny of her authority figures.
- a tear in my eye for the lonely man who knew well that the only obstacle to his success was the _one_ that people never _could_ see, and that the _obstacle himself_ was never _likely_ to see.
- Another obstacle is a new Russian process for accrediting adoption agencies that has left most American agencies waiting for approval to be able to send orphans to the USA, says Thomas Atwood, president of the National Council for Adoption.