(n.) A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
(n.) In England, a sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution.
(n.) An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which men or horses leap in a race.
(v. t.) To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles.
Example Sentences:
(1) Arsenal’s 10 men fall at the first hurdle against Dinamo Zagreb Read more This win, even against such feeble opponents, was celebrated, with the locals chorusing their manager’s name amid a wave of relief given so much of the team’s domestic campaign to date has been dismal.
(2) The idea was to create a simple set of standards that everyone can relate to, a low hurdle that every humanitarian organisation should be able to leap over.” As organisations grow, they can aspire to use more technical standards that more established NGOs might already be working with.
(3) The physician who cares for adolescents has the responsibility of helping parenting teens to find needed support so that they will be able to overcome this significant hurdle.
(4) When I had that keyhole surgery, I thought: ‘Maybe, if I come back, it won’t be to that top level.’ But with the support I have been getting from my coach, family and friends, I think that really motivated me to come back strong.” Kenya is more famed for its distance runners and steeplechasers than its hurdlers, but the country was left celebrating a surprise gold medal in the 400m hurdles when Nicholas Bett powered home from lane nine to smash his personal best to win in 47.79sec.
(5) Cards pile on the runs, and here comes Hurdle to get Burnett, about three batters too late.
(6) However, despite repeated questions from reporters, Earnest did not rule out Obama approving fast-track without TAA if that combination somehow made it through procedural hurdles in the Senate.
(7) The government is thought to believe that a major hurdle in attracting participants was the fact that it was seen as a service for the lowest socioeconomic groups.
(8) Only a handful of opposition MPs have hurdled the obstacles to win election.
(9) While some predicted their team would once again choke at the final hurdle, the chancellor had faith the “system” would be fully endorsed.
(10) Finding the funds to invest in durable and improved sanitation remains a major hurdle.
(11) Her celebrated experiment with a pseudonym as a demonstration of the hurdles facing unknown writers being just one example.
(12) I just thought it was a little beyond me this year.” On those hazy days in London Ennis-Hill had blown away the opposition with a nerveless and spectacularly quick hurdles on the opening morning of competition that left her cruising to victory.
(13) The great hurdle in all space missions is the cost of launch and the weight of fuel.
(14) However, if what happened with Indiegogo is any indication, the project will likely face more legal hurdles in the future.
(15) Carmarthen ham, an air-dried ham similar to serrano, which has been produced to a recipe by five generations of the same Welsh family, is likely to be the next UK food application to clear the regulatory hurdles.
(16) Some people believe that it just works but the reality is that the online buyer-seller relationship can falter at any one of a number of hurdles.
(17) Medical barriers to family planning (FP) are identified as contraindications, eligibility, process hurdles, the provider of contraception, provider bias, and regulation.
(18) Extinction was conducted in the runway, and subsequently the animals were tested for hurdle-jump escape from the frustrating goal box.
(19) Then they let me go in.” It wasn’t a straightforward process, he explains: his first go was on his own, on videotape; having negotiated that hurdle, he read for casting director Ellen Chenoweth; only then did he get to audition – twice – in front of the Coens themselves.
(20) The pension scheme is regarded as a hurdle to a rescue deal.
Snag
Definition:
(n.) A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance.
(n.) A tooth projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a broken or decayed tooth.
(n.) A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk.
(n.) One of the secondary branches of an antler.
(v. t.) To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.
(v. t.) To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree.
Example Sentences:
(1) The principal snags that still remain are: post-operative infection in about a third of cases; the rare but possible development of an enterocele and of dyspareunia (2%).
(2) Amazon and Google's drone delivery plans hit snag with new US regulations Read more The company announced that a cross-government team supported by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) gave permission to Amazon to explore three key areas: operations beyond line of sight, obstacle avoidance and flights where one person operates multiple autonomous drones.
(3) By snagging a 14-second submission and securing the quickest finish in UFC championship history.
(4) Those in the first row had arrived at 3am to snag prime spots to greet the object of their affection.
(5) • Wipes, nappies, sanitary towels, rags and condoms do not break down easily and can snag on pipes, drains and the walls of sewers, leading to blockages.
(6) We hope to create laws that help protect the security of the Japanese people.” Abe’s economic policy hit a snag when Japan slipped back into recession in the third quarter, amid weak consumer and corporate spending.
(7) This bureaucratic snag was what prompted Frayha to try to reach Greece last weekend , even after the introduction of the EU-Turkey deportation deal.
(8) The variant, termed SNAG 1, continues to synthesize idiotypic IgM, which can be detected in the cytoplasm, but it neither secretes nor expresses IgM on the cell surface (less than 10% of the levels of the original BCL tumor), even though the H and L chains show no gross structural changes.
(9) As soon as it caught my bait it pulled 20 metres of line from my reel, the only time that’s happened before is when I got snagged on a boat propeller.
(10) The treaty immediately hit a snag because politicians in the US, the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, passed a vote in the Senate refusing to ratify the protocol.
(11) In Carlos Queiroz Iran have a defensive mastermind to savour this kind of match, a coach who is happiest seeing opposition teams grind though the gears, snagged on his high-grade defensive spike strips.
(12) Two reports published on Wednesday have suggested that the investigation has hit a snag over what is expected of agents on foreign trips.
(13) The deal had hit a late snag over agents’ fees on Tuesday but Villa have confirmed their first January capture.
(14) Sharon Shoesmith has not changed her appearance, as some might expect her to have done since she was dismissed as Haringey council's director of children's services last year: she still has short, dark hair above heavy designer glasses, and, apart from dropping them a few times, and apart from a sudden snag into tears, she is very composed, very still.
(15) The National Review's Robert Costa says it looks good: Robert Costa (@robertcostaNRO) Leadership sources: no snags right now on informal whip count, legislation continues to move twd floor, vote coming later October 15, 2013 Except: Robert Costa (@robertcostaNRO) Pressure mounts on conservatives to vote nay RT @Heritage_Action Key Vote: “NO” on House Spending and Debt Deal October 15, 2013 The failure of the latest Boehner initiative could make a strong argument for the terminal paralysis of the House and the return of the legislative initiative to the Senate.
(16) Danny Green then throws a really ill-conceived pass that Ray Allen snags for another three-pointer, because that's what he does.
(17) Since Colbert’s debut this week, he has already snagged an interview with GOP contender Jeb Bush and booked future appearances with candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.
(18) And anyway, when he came to think about the show, his shifting idea of Britain, there were other things his mind was snagging on.
(19) Results of both clinical and laboratory-based studies showed the non-woven swab to be as effective as traditional gauze in terms of softness, conformability, ability to pad or pack, resistance to snagging and shredding, and ease of counting when wet.
(20) The valve is of crucial importance and varices represent a symptom indicating a snag in the venous return.