For Wilder, like Sidney, poverty is only a temporary obstacle to be overcome by resourcefulness, courage and the love and kindness of the family.

Unfortunately, her documentary project comes to a temporary obstacle, with her original concept scrapped because of lack of funds from her documentary subject, and she is frustrated at having to start over and look for a new story angle.

Fearing Permanent Loss What people fear is that the blockades are more than temporary obstacles.

The pacing guards offered a temporary obstacle that was eliminated when the armored truck rolled up, because guards promptly congregated to meet it.

For his part, Mr. Mubarak expressed hope that the opposition of Mr. Netanyahu and his party to a Palestinian state might prove to be no more than a temporary obstacle.

It paid to notice the ogre before one became a temporary obstacle in his path.

They only saw one more temporary obstacle in their path, and moved to clear it.

Plans to close off the street in front of the government building were approved in 2010, but work on constructing physical barriers had not been completed and no temporary obstacles had been set up.

- created a temporary obstacle for Hollywood, as did wars in countries that filmmakers apparently thought couldn't or wouldn't register with the ticket-buying public.

He dodged around a tree, waited until they thundered past him with his back pressed against the bark, and then made a dash for another temporary obstacle in the form of a patch of vines.