The proposal faces tough sledding.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

All mornings are cold, Dubus seems to be saying, even if sledding is in the plans, and the best we can do is dress warmly for them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Academic Discourse and Adulterous Intercourse] Reference

On the U.S. Senate side, though, the sledding has been a bit tougher.    From Wordnik.com.  [Van Jones: Green-Collar Jobs: Energy Bill includes Christmas present for nation's job seekers] Reference

During last year's race, Daley was speaking to MLA Eric Robinson about the idea of sledding to Winnipeg.    From Wordnik.com.  [Winnipeg Sun] Reference

Oh, that laughter ... something only a childhood delight such as sledding can provide.    From Wordnik.com.  [hombre de nieve] Reference

It's accurate but a bit odd because you expect it to say "sledding".    From Wordnik.com.  [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference

Now that I’m in Chicago…more snow, but nothing that I’d call a sledding hill.    From Wordnik.com.  [Things My Daughter Does As a Child That I Never Did: An Occasional Series « Whatever] Reference

Real fluffy, great for skiing, great for sledding.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 22, 2008] Reference

A sign posted on the hill also prohibited sledding.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 1, 2005] Reference

"And sledding after school, Mother?" urged Twaddles.    From Wordnik.com.  [Four Little Blossoms and Their Winter Fun] Reference

Some people still find a way to go sledding, though.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 10, 2009] Reference

OWINGS: He said he was going to take the boys sledding.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 16, 2009] Reference

Thirty-six children were injured in a sledding accident.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 1, 2005] Reference

His claims are going to be a rough sledding for this guy.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 20, 2006] Reference

Young children at high risk of head injury from sledding.    From Wordnik.com.  [Safety snippets and recall round-up] Reference

It has lots of paper mills and good sledding in the winter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Our Storied Lives: The Quest For 'Something More'] Reference

It has lots of paper mills, and good sledding in the winter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Our Storied Lives: The Quest For 'Something More'] Reference

Clear moonlight on the snow, mild but no thaw, fine sledding.    From Wordnik.com.  [The American Missionary — Volume 50, No. 3, March, 1896] Reference

It was tough sledding there for both reporters and the general.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 11, 2001] Reference

It's tough sledding up there in Washington to get things changed.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 15, 2006] Reference

I think of sledding, the threat of death buzzing inside my fingers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surfacing] Reference

Why, dearest, you haven't missed a day since there has been sledding.    From Wordnik.com.  [Four Little Blossoms and Their Winter Fun] Reference

Both states are, however, tough sledding demographically for Democrats.    From Wordnik.com.  [Senate Democrats claim momentum in four states] Reference

"Now you can't tell me anything about rapid sledding," concluded Randy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892] Reference

Our grandparents and parents certainly endured tougher sledding than this.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ken Dychtwald Ph.D.: New Retirement Rules: Caught Between the Dow and the Tao] Reference

They furnish excellent conditions for snow-shoe trips, skiing and sledding.    From Wordnik.com.  [The School Book of Forestry] Reference

It's as if Orson Welles spent all of Citizen Kane making sledding metaphors.    From Wordnik.com.  [With Friends Like These] Reference

Roller skating and hoop rolling, as well as sledding, are all valuable recreations.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mother and Her Child] Reference

Broke and far from home, the expats gathered for sledding and beer outings in Germany.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cool School] Reference

He had supposed the hardest sledding would be over when he had won the father's consent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wild Wings A Romance of Youth] Reference

And the first lady here sledding with daughters Malia and Sasha on the White House lawn.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 28, 2009] Reference

Wear a properly fitted helmet when biking,  skateboarding, skating, skiing, or sledding.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sports and head injuries—when is it serious?] Reference

If he is skillful, the selling process from then on should be comparatively easy sledding.    From Wordnik.com.  [Certain Success] Reference

Of course, some fun to be had as well with the sledding for the kiddies who were off school.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 2, 2008] Reference

I know that this is a tough job that you're on, tough sledding, but you're doing a fabulous job.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 25, 2004] Reference

More than 100 kids climbed into cardboard boxes and went down a hill that was closed to sledding.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 2, 2005] Reference

"Phew! this is rough sledding," remarked Frank, finally, as he stopped to wipe his streaming face.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Saddle Boys of the Rockies Lost on Thunder Mountain] Reference

Deep snow came earlier this year than usual, and the sledding and weather both promised to be good.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letters of a Woman Homesteader] Reference