How to Use hurdle in a Sentence

hurdle

1 of 2 noun
  • He won a medal in the high hurdles.
  • The company faces severe financial hurdles this year.
  • That’s our big hurdle to come over.
    — Dan Albano, Oc Register, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The speed of that progress comes with big hurdles.
    — Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 29 May 2026
  • What hurdles might the project face?
    — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
  • That’s where our hurdle is, our Achilles heel.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2026
  • And that's going to be a very high hurdle.
    — ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The bid is not final yet and must still clear this hurdle.
    — Amy Wenk, AJC.com, 8 June 2026
  • That’s not to say his life is without its hurdles.
    — Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
  • But there are hurdles the project will have to overcome.
    — Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The route came with plenty of hurdles.
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 24 Mar. 2026
  • As a first-time play-caller, there would be hurdles.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Jan. 2026
  • But the market comes with some hurdles.
    — Ruth Umoh, Fortune, 11 May 2026
  • While making progress, the project hasn’t cleared all of its hurdles yet.
    — Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2026
  • There are more hurdles to overcome.
    — Lauren Uppal, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
  • And there can be other hurdles.
    — Ed White, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2026
  • And there can be other hurdles.
    — ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • And there can be other hurdles.
    — Ed White, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026
  • There are hurdles still to overcome.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2025
  • There remains one hurdle to go.
    — Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 31 May 2026
  • And Musk could face other hurdles in his quest.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Blue Origin just hit a hurdle on its way to the moon.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 29 May 2026
  • Figuring out what to wear to the gym has its hurdles.
    — India Roby, Glamour, 4 June 2026
  • The week can start to feel like an endless series of hurdles.
    — Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • But in 2022, the project hit its next hurdle.
    — Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2026
  • One of the first big hurdles was for the city to pay employees on time.
    — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025
  • To be the best, the only hurdle is our own desire, right?
    — Hugh Kellenberger, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The biggest hurdle for anyone might be the price point.
    — Omaid Homayun, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • For tax teams, that’s often the first and toughest hurdle.
    — Aleksandra Bal, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • However, that may no longer be a hurdle.
    — Emily Cappiello, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025

hurdle

2 of 2 verb
  • The horse hurdled the fence.
  • Swift tried to hurdle into the end zone.
    — The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Cooks tried and failed to hurdle the defense back and got laid out.
    — Peter Martinez, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2018
  • The shock of my dad’s passing hurdled into most of who knew him.
    — Lindsay Calleran, IndieWire, 4 June 2026
  • As far as Carr, Humphrey should have hurdled him on the depth chart.
    — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 24 May 2018
  • Railings are hurdled, bullets are dodged, people are pinned to walls with their own knives.
    — Noah Berlatsky, The Verge, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Just seven months ago, the hurdler with the fastest time in the world this season wasn’t even hurdling at all.
    — Pat Graham, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2023
  • Gurley hurdled a player while running to his right on a rushing play.
    — Gary Klein, latimes.com, 18 Sep. 2017
  • Burrell hurdles a defender for seven yards and gets the first down on a five-yard rush.
    — Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 15 Nov. 2025
  • Haskell can hurdle a teammate, catch a football and complete a pass in one motion.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Dec. 2020
  • There are, however, still hurdles to overcome for the Club name.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Tár and Gideon are both pinned to metaphorical metronomes, hurdling toward their demise.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Gordon hurdled one would-be tackler and rammed through another to get into in the end zone.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Wake become well-known among the fanbase for hurdling defenders.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Aug. 2023
  • And with that, Kansas hurdled one of the biggest landmines on its league schedule.
    — Chris Johnson, SI.com, 18 Jan. 2018
  • Rodgers now needs only two touchdown passes to hurdle Favre into fourth place on the all-time list.
    — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Pickens hurdled up, and McDuffie clipped him for the stop, but the damage was done.
    — Kansas City Star, 28 Nov. 2025
  • The 250-pound Warren smashed through tackles and even hurdled over one for a first down in the first half.
    — USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2017
  • With a barely perceptible lurch, the airboat hurdled the canal bank and seemed to hover above it.
    — Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Etienne tried to hurdle Bramblett before getting tackled with no time left in the half.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 8 Nov. 2020
  • George Pickens, a wide receiver, caught a pass, cut left and right, hurdled a man and gained 18 yards.
    — Alan Blinder, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2019
  • Cam Hart got hurdled in an embarrassing fashion, but nothing came of it.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Three plays later, Barkley hurdled over right guard to just barely get into the end zone for a 17-0 lead.
    — Joe Juliano, Philly.com, 7 Oct. 2017
  • Dobbs tried to hurdle his way into the end zone near the right pylon, but Chachere, the T-shirt ripper, stopped him cold in the air.
    — cleveland, 21 Aug. 2022
  • When one yard was needed on fourth down in the preseason opener, Chism cut downhill to find a dozen, hurdling into the end zone.
    — Oliver Thomas, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Robinson tried to hurdle a Tech defender, but instead was upended and hit square in the middle of his back.
    — Marcus Krum, Dallas News, 28 Sep. 2020
  • David Njoku always seems to be leaping through the air, either jumping for a high ball or trying to hurdle other players.
    — cleveland, 21 Dec. 2020
  • And Tony Jefferson, hurdling a Colts blocker in a single bound.
    — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 23 Dec. 2017
  • There’s a difference between trying to hurdle someone and leaping over the top of a pile the way a running back might at the goal line or on a fourth and short.
    — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Lane, who attempted to hurdle a defender on the play prior, made the final block that allowed Lyons to reach the end zone.
    — Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025

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