How to Use rocky road in a Sentence

rocky road

noun
Definition of rocky roadnext
  • There isn’t a bona fide need in this instance to go down the rocky road of the oysters.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
  • And after last year’s rocky road, Baltimore is in need of a win.
    — Michelle Deal-Zimmerman, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Clouds of dust swirled and filled the night air as Martha Gellhorn walked up a rocky road on Omaha Beach.
    — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2024
  • Yet as many observers have aptly pointed out, there is a rocky road ahead.
    — Chung-In Moon, Foreign Affairs, 30 Apr. 2018
  • Put another way, casting the service in the future, there's quite a rocky road ahead for Charles, Camila, William and Kate.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes, 6 May 2023
  • That’s how senior first baseman Cade Duffin approached the rocky road that was his start to the season for Oswego.
    — Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2023
  • Even if Sunak faces a rocky road at home, the deal likely marks a dramatic improvement in relations with the EU.
    — Jill Lawless, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Feb. 2023
  • This month’s specialty flavors are peanut butter fudge and rocky road.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2023
  • Faulconer privately has been discussing a possible route back to City Hall, but that too would be a rocky road.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The pitcher, who grew up watching the Texas Rangers, had a rocky road to baseball’s big leagues, enduring disappointment and rejection along the way.
    — Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2023
  • And as a teaser for the next batch of episodes showed, both Blackwell and Presnell are going to reconnect with their former flames, which will certainly make for a rocky road to the altar.
    — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Some of the beauty industry’s biggest players are finding a rocky road to winning shoppers in China.
    — Sabela Ojea, wsj.com, 10 May 2023
  • But Spotify’s return to near-record valuations has been a rocky road, and not without its fair share of departures.
    — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 29 Apr. 2024
  • Licked will also offer scoops in classic flavors such as vanilla, mint chip, espresso and rocky road, according to the Instagram post.
    — Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Device makers have long complained that the unclear, rocky road to payment kills innovative companies.
    — Lizzy Lawrence, STAT, 30 June 2023
  • The transition from the legacy into the legal market has been a slow and rocky road despite the best intentions of the law, mandating that 50% of all licenses must be issued to social equity applicants.
    — Stu Zakim, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2023
  • If more than 5% of residents oppose or hold out, developers will have a rocky road to acquisition such as with Bay Park Towers in Edgewater where discussions have been ongoing for three years.
    — Rebecca San Juan, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Notably, Walmart is the exception to retail’s rocky road: The company last month reported a 4% year-over-year leap in comparable store sales, exceeding expectations.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2024
  • But the scheme has attracted scrutiny from regulators in several countries, suggesting that its mission to become the world’s arbiter of digital identity could face a rocky road.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Aug. 2023

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