How do you use Roadblock in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like barrier or obstacle, plus the exact meaning.
Roadblock meaning
- Something that blocks or obstructs a road.
- An obstacle or impediment.
Synonyms of Roadblock
Using Roadblock
- The main meaning on this page is: Something that blocks or obstructs a road. | An obstacle or impediment.
- Useful related words include: barrier, obstacle, obstruction, barricade.
- In the example corpus, roadblock often appears in combinations such as: hit roadblock, the roadblock, roadblock to.
Context around Roadblock
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 10 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Roadblock
- In this selection, "roadblock" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, hit, dodging, rolling, leaving, set and preventing stand out and add context to how "roadblock" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a complete roadblock and a hamas roadblock preventing traffic. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "roadblock" sits close to words such as aca, ashford and atlantis, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with roadblock
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But one budding romance has an unusually obstinate roadblock. (9 words)
The police officers stopped the suspect at a roadblock. (9 words)
Johnny Depp Faces Another Roadblock, Delays Hollywood Vampires’ US Tour Due. (11 words)
The First Minister, speaking as his party debated its strategy for independence, said the current “Westminster roadblock” to holding a second referendum required the SNP to “use the next general election to put independence front and centre”. (37 words)
I was born and raised in Edmonton, but my life experiences have shown this is a major roadblock in modernizing our voting system and the rights of Canadian residents. (29 words)
A story was told of how, one day, on his way to Potiskum from Kaduna, he and his driver came across a roadblock set up by highway bandits. (28 words)
Example sentences (20)
But Ball hit roadblock after roadblock, leaving the Bulls no choice but to shut him down last week.
Dodging roadblock after roadblock, the "peanut man" was determined to leave a lasting legacy.
Despite two motivated teams, the proposed trade hit roadblock after roadblock and collapsed multiple times.
A controversial development in River Heights at the centre of an ongoing saga has hit another roadblock at Winnipeg City Hall.
A rolling roadblock was added eastbound, announced at 9.29pm, and eastbound traffic had been released by 9.54pm.
A story was told of how, one day, on his way to Potiskum from Kaduna, he and his driver came across a roadblock set up by highway bandits.
But one budding romance has an unusually obstinate roadblock.
Hamas urged people to stay in their homes, and the Israeli military released photos it said showed a Hamas roadblock preventing traffic from moving south.
However, after the film was announced with a trailer, it hit a roadblock due to production issues.
I was born and raised in Edmonton, but my life experiences have shown this is a major roadblock in modernizing our voting system and the rights of Canadian residents.
Jalen Carter encountered a roadblock on his path to the 2023 NFL Draft.
Johnny Depp Faces Another Roadblock, Delays Hollywood Vampires’ US Tour Due.
On the face of it, that shouldn’t be a complete roadblock.
Police officers speak with a motorist at a roadblock, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, in Lisbon, Maine, during a manhunt for the suspect of Wednesday's mass shootings.
The 17-year-old was only caught after he was stopped at a police roadblock, where he was found without a driving licence.
The First Minister, speaking as his party debated its strategy for independence, said the current “Westminster roadblock” to holding a second referendum required the SNP to “use the next general election to put independence front and centre”.
The guide technology was held by a single company that charged exorbitant fees and became a roadblock to new technologies that cable operators wanted to deploy.
Their play about the 150th anniversary of Blaine, Missouri, hits just about every roadblock you can imagine right up to opening night.
The police officers stopped the suspect at a roadblock.
The 'Pursuit of Happiness' rapper opens up about facing a roadblock while working on his fashion brand, admitting he lost confidence when he first started the project.
Common combinations with roadblock
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- hit roadblock 21×
- the roadblock 16×
- roadblock to 15×
- roadblock in 14×
- at roadblock 13×
- major roadblock 9×
- roadblock and 8×
- roadblock at 7×
- roadblock on 7×
- roadblock for 7×