stumbling stone
Example Sentences
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Thou stumbling stone, thou barrier 'thwart 650 The gates of endless life!
From Elias An Epic of the Ages by Orson F. Whitney
Patronage is the stumbling stone here to true political action.
From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by Adam G. de Gurowski, Count
This has been a stumbling stone to many young men.
From The Young Man's Guide by William A. (William Andrus) Alcott
As it is written: Behold I put in Syon a stumbling stone, and a rock which shall make men fall.
For they have stumbled at the stumbling stone.