How to Use hurdle in a Sentence

hurdle

1 of 2 noun
Definition of hurdlenext
Synonyms for hurdlenext
  • He won a medal in the high hurdles.
  • The company faces severe financial hurdles this year.
  • First, he’s got to clear the Super Bowl–size hurdle of the next few months.
    — Alessandra Codinha, Vogue, 17 Jan. 2024
  • But the idea is to run through the real hurdles that Ohio State would have to overcome to win it all.
    — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 21 July 2023
  • The biggest hurdle to clear, Richard said, is the ultimate price tag.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2024
  • He’s had so many hurdles and roadblocks, and he’s just faltered.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2024
  • But waiting for the legal hurdles to clear up is not the only concern.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Among those changes has been his bid to rebrand Twitter to X, which has so far been met with a number of hurdles.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 2 Aug. 2023
  • But if the same old bureaucratic hurdles stand in the way of access to those programs, no one wins.
    — Andrew Heath, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Even finding food and other supplies has been a major hurdle in the city.
    — Emiliano Rodríguez Mega, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Despite these hurdles, British wine is in a better place than it’s ever been.
    — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 12 Nov. 2023
  • This BenQ model, which is 25% off at Amazon for a short time, overcomes that hurdle with ease.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 10 Apr. 2024
  • But drive-thru restrictions in some local cities have been a hurdle.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Dec. 2023
  • All three have hurdles to clear in their recoveries, but each remains in play to return by the end of the season.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The first hurdle is whether a recycling service is available at all.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 16 Jan. 2024
  • That might not have been much of a hurdle, except that, with a week having gone by since the riot, Washington had calmed down.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 30 Dec. 2023
  • One big hurdle is working to gain social acceptance and trust from the public.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Put more simply: Trump has checkmated Murdoch, clearing one more hurdle standing in his way on the path to the White House.
    — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 7 Mar. 2024
  • To take on Godot now is to tackle two major hurdles from the outset (yes, out of several hundred, but bear with me).
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Gun research has long been a discipline fraught with hurdles.
    — Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2023
  • He’s been hitting and throwing without pain, but Hyde said running is the biggest hurdle for Mullins.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2023
  • But such options present more hurdles for members of the public, forcing them to wait for the agency to provide the documents, Loy said.
    — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2024
  • The rise of Guppies reflects the many hurdles in home ownership among the younger generation.
    — Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Selling work that’s so time-consuming to create comes with its own hurdles.
    — Sakeina Syed, Vogue, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The next big hurdle was to select a sample site: a place where the spacecraft could safely fill its canister with fine grain regolith.
    — Katrina Miller, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Step 2: The Clothes Clothing is by far the biggest hurdle when packing for three days and definitely promises to take up the most space in your backpack.
    — Vicki Denig, Travel + Leisure, 23 Sep. 2023
  • These challenges can be as daunting as the physical and mental hurdles.
    — Erik Brady, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The prospect of charging Mr. Trump under the other two statutes cited in the target letter is less novel, if not without hurdles.
    — Alan Feuer, New York Times, 19 July 2023
  • The Eagles won eight events with victories spread out across sprints, distance races, hurdles, throws and relays, a sign of a well-rounded program.
    — Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2023
  • Some also complained that regional center staff knew little about the program or discouraged them from pursuing it, with hurdles differing from center to center.
    — Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2024
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hurdle

2 of 2 verb
  • The horse hurdled the fence.
  • As far as Carr, Humphrey should have hurdled him on the depth chart.
    — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 24 May 2018
  • Cooks tried and failed to hurdle the defense back and got laid out.
    — Peter Martinez, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • What’s this about: The winner hurdles one of the major contenders for the Big 12 championship.
    — Carlos Mendez, star-telegram, 18 Sep. 2017
  • Which team -- or teams -- have hurdled the Blue Devils?
    — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2017
  • 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
  • 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
  • And with that, Kansas hurdled one of the biggest landmines on its league schedule.
    — Chris Johnson, SI.com, 18 Jan. 2018
  • Tár and Gideon are both pinned to metaphorical metronomes, hurdling toward their demise.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Railings are hurdled, bullets are dodged, people are pinned to walls with their own knives.
    — Noah Berlatsky, The Verge, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Haskell can hurdle a teammate, catch a football and complete a pass in one motion.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Dec. 2020
  • On the final play of the half, Jayden Daniels found Brandon Aiyuk, who hurdled a defender late in a 37-yard gain to the 10-yard line as time ran out.
    — Jeff Metcalfe, azcentral, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Gurley caught a pass in the left flat, hurdled a defender and dove for the pylon for an 18-yard touchdown that pulled the Rams to within three points.
    — Dan Woike, latimes.com, 17 Sep. 2017
  • Gordon hurdled one would-be tackler and rammed through another to get into in the end zone.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Love, of the 2400 block of West Ogden Avenue, hurdled a set of file cabinets and a wall before running out of the hall and out of the courtroom, Taczy said.
    — Tony Briscoe, chicagotribune.com, 3 Sep. 2017
  • Creighton has to hurdle No. 9 Villanova and vice versa.
    — Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Dec. 2020
  • 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
  • Earlier in that same drive, Ebron kept the Colts alive by hurdling a defender and falling forward for a first down on a third and 10.
    — Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 20 Oct. 2019
  • Included in that stretch was Swift hurdling a Notre Dame defender on a 10-yard run.
    — Tim Brown, oregonlive, 21 Sep. 2019
  • Etienne tried to hurdle Bramblett before getting tackled with no time left in the half.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 8 Nov. 2020
  • Texans defensive back Keion Crossen lunged at Ebron but came up empty as the tight end hurdled the would-be tackler, good for 16 yards and the first down.
    — Akeem Glaspie, Indianapolis Star, 20 Oct. 2019
  • Gurley hurdled a player while running to his right on a rushing play.
    — Gary Klein, latimes.com, 18 Sep. 2017
  • In his first carries of the game, Trey Sanders ran four consecutive times for 29 yards, then ran a fifth time and tried to hurdle a defender.
    — Mike Rodak | [email protected], al, 11 Sep. 2021
  • And Tony Jefferson, hurdling a Colts blocker in a single bound.
    — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 23 Dec. 2017
  • Nix went airborne in an attempt to hurdle a Gamecocks defender, only to be dropped out of bounds short of the first down in the eventual loss.
    — Tom Green | [email protected], al, 10 Nov. 2020
  • Wake become well-known among the fanbase for hurdling defenders.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The fastest-growing major economy in the world, India is expected to soon hurdle Britain as the globe’s fifth largest market.
    — Carl Prine, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 June 2018

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