Sentence examples for Be thwarted from inspiring English sources

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Be thwarted

verb

To prevent; to halt; to cause to fail; to foil; to frustrate.

  • The police thwarted the would-be assassin.

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Their intentions, however, may be thwarted.

Not to be thwarted, I crossed town.

Desire exists to be thwarted.

Can the extortionists ever be thwarted?

They do not like to be thwarted.

"It can be thwarted by unscrupulous employers".

But even D.D. could be thwarted.

whether our work can be thwarted by those we oversee".

And it can't be thwarted with military power alone.

Brown, it is plain, does not like to be thwarted.

My fear is that these efforts will be thwarted.

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