Examples of “impediment” in a Sentence

noun Something that blocks or slows progress.

• Heavy traffic was the main impediment to getting to the meeting on time.
• She refused to let her fear of failure become an impediment.
• Lack of funding was the biggest impediment to the project.

noun A condition that affects speech or hearing.

• Early testing helped doctors discover her hearing impediment when she was a child.
• He gave a great speech even though he has a slight impediment.
• Working in a noisy factory left me with a slight hearing impediment.
• He worked with a therapist to overcome his speech impediment.