Sentence examples for The stymie from inspiring English sources
verb
To thwart or stump; to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck.
- They had lost the key, and the lock stymied the first three locksmiths they called.
Canonero II won the Stymie Handicap in a brilliant comeback.
The New Yorker, September 30 , 1972P. 121 Canonero II won the Stymie Handicap in a brilliant comeback.
The New Yorker, September 29 , 1962P. 142 Kelso returned to winning form last week at Aqueduct, in the Stymie Handicap.
By G. F. T. Ryall The New Yorker, September 29 , 1962P. 142 Kelso returned to winning form last week at Aqueduct, in the Stymie Handicap.
By G. F. T. Ryall The New Yorker, September 30 , 1972P. 121 Canonero II won the Stymie Handicap in a brilliant comeback.
Basically, the stymie rule dictated that if my ball came to rest on the green between your ball and the hole, well, tough cookies for you.
The stymieing of thought and of ideas has always had precedence in every epoch.
Those relationships were complex, and "the sex in the package cannot be extricated from the stymieing cowardice or passivity, the misperceptions that diluted our passion".
High levels of cortisol or adrenaline (both byproducts of stress) in the body stymie the supply of oxygen to the organs, thereby decreasing blood flow to the penis.
Led by an incredibly clever raccoon, the animals stymie the development and teach our hero about the environmental consequences of man's encroachment on nature.
"The banks stymie the borrower, and they really stymie any third party who works on behalf of the borrower," he said.
