Examples of sticking point in a Sentence
The length of the contract has become a sticking point in the negotiations.
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The outlet also reported that Meghan and Harry don’t have many friends left, and there’s no star power in their friend circle, which seems to be a sticking point.
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Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 30 June 2025
Until then, Thune and his committee chairs are attempting to minimize disruption on the Senate floor, with rolling negotiations on the remaining sticking points.
—David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 28 June 2025
The issue was a major sticking point in the House, where blue-state Republicans threatened to withhold their support without the increase to the deduction.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 28 June 2025
The deal came together after the budget seemed in limbo as recently as late Thursday as serious sticking points remained over a number of issues, perhaps most pressingly over funding for providing legal services for immigrants.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 27 June 2025
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Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 30 June 2025
Until then, Thune and his committee chairs are attempting to minimize disruption on the Senate floor, with rolling negotiations on the remaining sticking points.
—David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 28 June 2025
The issue was a major sticking point in the House, where blue-state Republicans threatened to withhold their support without the increase to the deduction.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 28 June 2025
The deal came together after the budget seemed in limbo as recently as late Thursday as serious sticking points remained over a number of issues, perhaps most pressingly over funding for providing legal services for immigrants.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 27 June 2025
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“Sticking point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sticking%20point. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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