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sticking point

NOUN
  1. a point at which an impasse arises in progress toward an agreement or a goal

How To Use sticking point In A Sentence

  • I had been encouraging Mum and Dad to visit me on my travels but so far the sticking point has been my Dad's knees.
  • The apparent sticking point in the current talks appears to be the usual one -- the developed nations want to see the LDCs "liberalise" their economies, and pull down tariffs and restrictions to trade. Real World Economics -- Protectionism Is Not Always Wrong
  • Disciplinary action taken against dozens of Unite members will be referred to the conciliation service Acas, ending another sticking point to a peace deal. Evening Standard - Home
  • Modernisation of the profession and an increase in working hours to cover career development is still a sticking point, as is the money that will be required to lever the unions into accepting a deal.
  • The major sticking point between the company and the unions is the use of permanent part-time workers, and the ratio of permanent part-timers to permanent full-timers.
  • The union also hasn't agreed to a multitiered evaluation system, a sticking point in contract talks with the city. Bloomberg Aims at Teachers Union
  • The valiant "mynheer," whose courage, by means of schnapps, had been screwed up to the sticking point, made all sail after the enemy, and caused a double portion of the stimulating article to be served out to his crew. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale
  • His biggest drawback is his lack of symmetry, a sticking point that you can see in the overdeveloped obliques that hinder his ability to convey a classic V taper.
  • Note also that in their press release they name Amazon as their "valuable customer for a long time" not us the readers and that's a main sticking point, for Macmillan readers *are not* the customers, while for Amazon they are and that's another essential reason to support Amazon btw. Tor Books No Longer For Sale On Amazon (for now)
  • The sticking points, according to the official, concern existing references to Zionism and the issue of reparation for slavery.
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