How to Use obstacle in a Sentence

obstacle

noun
  • She swerved to avoid an obstacle in the road.
  • He overcame the obstacles of poverty and neglect.
  • They must overcome a number of obstacles before the restaurant can be opened.
  • Lack of experience is a major obstacle for her opponent.
  • Fox may still face obstacles in its path.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 15 Sep. 2025
  • But obstacles veered her away from art for years.
    — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 27 June 2026
  • Any obstacles to a good dig-out?
    — Clio Chang, Curbed, 5 Feb. 2026
  • To this point, the sources said, that has been an obstacle in the talks.
    — Sam Amick, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • And the obstacles don’t stop there.
    — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • One of the biggest obstacles of the show for me was grief.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Nov. 2025
  • In his telling, this was the biggest obstacle the thieves faced.
    — Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 16 May 2023
  • Their spark proved stronger than all of the obstacles trying to keep them apart.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Their spark proved stronger than all of the obstacles trying to keep them apart.
    — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
  • If there weren’t obstacles, this would be a very short series.
    — Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Price is not likely to present an obstacle.
    — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
  • To get around these obstacles, current tools are rigid.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
  • In the end, that obstacle became a strength.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Cloud cover is the biggest obstacle in the way of the view.
    — Alyssa Andrews, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • My goal is to make the city a partner in that effort rather than an obstacle.
    — Antonio Martinez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
  • But this issue does seem to be now a major obstacle.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
  • As always, cost can be an obstacle.
    — Helen Dennis, Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Joint pain that turns stairs into obstacles.
    — Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 6 Jan. 2026
  • For leaders in this space, there are real obstacles to be aware of.
    — Christian Pickett, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Cyclists swerve to avoid them like any other obstacle in the road.
    — Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The city should feel like a partner and ally, not an obstacle to progress.
    — Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 May 2026
  • All four of those teams have faced obstacles in their path of rebuilding.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • And so do all the little obstacles and pitfalls along the way.
    — New Atlas, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The challenge is that the obstacles to these ideas are as old as the ideas themselves.
    — Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
  • To achieve this, the state must become a partner to cities, not an obstacle.
    — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
  • One obstacle is often in the way, though — and that’s the fear of injury.
    — New York Times, 16 Feb. 2022

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