Sentence examples for hit a bumpy patch from inspiring English sources

But not just science hit a bumpy patch after Sept. 11.

In particular, the KMT insinuates that the shooting of President Chen Shui-bian on the day before the ballot may have been rigged to gain sympathy for the incumbent, who won by a tiny margin.Suddenly, after more than a decade of remarkably smooth transformation from one-party authoritarianism to multi-party democracy, Taiwan has hit a bumpy patch.

If the labor market was hitting a bumpy patch, you would expect this figure to increase rather than fall.

They have hit a bumpy spot in their marriage and are now trying to put it all back together.

Tamar Davis gives the most nuanced performance — in the only remotely nuanced role — as the title character, Judith, whose marriage to the hard-working accountant Roger Anthony Grantt, known as Tony) has hit a bumpy and boring patch.

"Then we hit a rough patch.

Then he hit a rough patch.

More recently, though, they'd hit a rough patch.

Women's professional sports have also hit a rough patch.

But even the best relationships can hit a rough patch.

Dow has hit a rough patch lately.