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Example sentences for: roadblock

How can you use “roadblock” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Mayor Streeter was sensitive to our needs but cited the spending cap as the roadblock to providing us with sufficient funding.
Here's how Larry Rohter describes it in the New York Times : "A band of guerrillas appears out of nowhere, sets up a roadblock on a main highway, stops every car or bus that happens along, takes away all the passengers who seem likely to have a good job or a prominent name, and holds them captive until a hefty ransom is paid."
The growth that has characterized Las Vegas for nearly a century may be facing a roadblock.
The velvet-clad pranksters were caught by a roadblock and given a warning by police.
I arrived about 2 p.m. and roosted for a while by the police roadblock at the entrance to the Davis Mountain Resort subdivision.