How do you use Hurdle in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like vault or barrier, plus the exact meaning.
Hurdle in a sentence
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Hurdle meaning
- An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race.
- An obstacle, real or perceived, physical or abstract.
- A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for enclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
Using Hurdle
- The main meaning on this page is: An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race. | An obstacle, real or perceived, physical or abstract. | A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for enclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
- Useful related words include: vault, barrier, obstacle, obstruction.
- In the example corpus, hurdle often appears in combinations such as: hurdle in, hurdle for, the hurdle.
Context around Hurdle
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hurdle
- In this selection, "hurdle" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, handicap, challow, tolworth, rate, technology and remains stand out and add context to how "hurdle" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a hard hurdle is calculated and a persistent hurdle we can. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hurdle" sits close to words such as assertion, auditor and broadcasts, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hurdle
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But applying is just the first hurdle. (7 words)
A "hard" hurdle is calculated only on returns above the hurdle rate. (12 words)
He was second in the Champion Hurdle in Cheltenham and second in the Aintree Hurdle. (15 words)
A bill to suspend the U.S. government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling and avert a disastrous default cleared a key procedural hurdle in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, setting the stage for an vote on the bipartisan debt deal itself. (43 words)
If the diver pauses during his or her hurdle to ask for a change of dive, it will be declared a balk (when the diver stops mid-hurdle) and the change of dive will not be permitted. (37 words)
A bipartisan social media bill championed by U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., overcame a hurdle this week as a committee once again approved legislation aiming to protect minors online and hold tech companies accountable. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
The Challow Hurdle at Newbury or the Grade One former Tolworth Hurdle, the Novices' Hurdle over course and distance back at Aintree on Boxing Day are possibly next for Mister Meggit.
He was second in the Champion Hurdle in Cheltenham and second in the Aintree Hurdle.
L’Eau du Sud was a high-class handicapper over hurdles last season, finishing second in both the Betfair Hurdle at Newbury and the County Handicap Hurdle at Cheltenham’s Festival meeting.
His death comes four days before the seven-year-old is due to run in the Cleeve Hurdle at in preparation for this year’s Stayers’ Hurdle.
The most difficult hurdle was always going to be how to divide the sea’s valuable resources, and that hurdle remains.
A "hard" hurdle is calculated only on returns above the hurdle rate.
Hurdle technology main Hurdle technology is a method of ensuring that pathogens in food products can be eliminated or controlled by combining more than one approach.
If the diver pauses during his or her hurdle to ask for a change of dive, it will be declared a balk (when the diver stops mid-hurdle) and the change of dive will not be permitted.
A 6-2 victory was enough for them to snatch second place at the final hurdle.
A bill to suspend the U.S. government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling and avert a disastrous default cleared a key procedural hurdle in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, setting the stage for an vote on the bipartisan debt deal itself.
A bipartisan social media bill championed by U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., overcame a hurdle this week as a committee once again approved legislation aiming to protect minors online and hold tech companies accountable.
After that the punter saw Grey Dawning win at 3-1, Iwilldoit claim the Wigley Group Classic Handicap Chase at 11-1 and West Balboa the Handicap Hurdle at 14-1.
All that is therefore necessary is for the President to consult with the Leader of the Opposition so that this hurdle of the appointment of a Chancellor and Chief Justice can be overcome and done with.
Although sponsor bias remains a persistent hurdle, we can chip away at outdated perceptions and open the door to award more trials to experienced and passionate physicians, irrespective of past trial experience.
And whereas for more than a decade, free enterprise can't work without a hurdle rate.
Another hurdle awaiting the aerotropolis initiative is the lack of buy-in by the aviation workers’ union.
Another hurdle is his need for a lyricist - his previous co-lead singer used to write the lyrics, whilst he composed the music.
Because if he hadn’t hit that hurdle, the outcome would have been a whole lot different,” Angel said.
But applying is just the first hurdle.
But probably the biggest environmental hurdle for the Aurora mine would be the release of mercury, Tuttle said.
Common combinations with hurdle
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- hurdle in 23×
- hurdle for 22×
- the hurdle 14×
- hurdle to 14×
- final hurdle 14×
- first hurdle 14×
- major hurdle 13×
- biggest hurdle 12×
- hurdle is 10×
- hurdle at 9×