sticking point

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

It is hard to imagine significant progress on the biggest sticking points when there is so little trust.

From BBC

It also includes a provision for Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas to lay down its weapons -- a major sticking point.

From Barron's

Here are some of the chief sticking points.

From The Wall Street Journal

The sticking points are the NFL’s desire to have greater access to officials and the ability to implement a performance-based model—along with the financial cost to get what it wants from the union.

From The Wall Street Journal

But duration of tournaments is not the biggest sticking point.

From BBC