stumbling stone
Example Sentences
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There has been a wave of criticism in Germany after the town of Heidenau, near Dresden in Saxony, decided to ban "stumbling stone" memorials to victims of the Nazis.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
"It is their stumbling stone; the rock of their offense."
From The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume 1, January, 1880 by Aaron Walker
This Anton thought to be a thing wondrously sound and orthodox, and he saw in the child's word the stumbling stone of our mother Eve.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
They stumbled over the stumbling stone; 9:33 even as it is written, "Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; and no one who believes in him will be disappointed."
From The World English Bible (WEB): Romans by Anonymous
This has been a stumbling stone to many young men.
From The Young Man's Guide by William A. (William Andrus) Alcott
