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US
/ˈhɝdəɫɪŋ, ˈhɝdɫɪŋ/
]
[ UK /hˈɜːdlɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /hˈɜːdlɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- a footrace in which contestants must negotiate a series of hurdles
How To Use hurdling In A Sentence
- In his time with the Army, he was also a sportsman, taking part in hurdling, football, running and boxing.
- That performance elevated him to red-hot favouritism for the hurdling crown. The Sun
- Apologies to the chap I trod on and everything, but I'm having 860 points for that hurdling clinic.
- Suddenly, the hurdling landscape is vibrant, young pretenders jostling for prominence in a fascinatingly fluid cast. Times, Sunday Times
- He was back hurdling again a fortnight ago - which proved that the injury had mended. Times, Sunday Times
- Given that she has missed eight weeks of hurdling training, it was additionally impressive. Times, Sunday Times
- An able staying handicapper on the flat, the five-year-old has taken well to hurdling and has won his last two races in pleasing style.
- The stamps celebrate cycling, sprinting, javelin, swimming and hurdling as well as a race involving athletes with a disability in lightning-fast wheelchairs.
- The gelding looked a useful recruit to hurdling when making a triumphant debut at Newcastle last month.
- If the Englishwoman could develop a hurdling technique to match her speed and power she would really be a force to be reckoned with.