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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are thwarted" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where plans or efforts are prevented from being successful.
Example: "Despite their best efforts, the team's attempts to secure funding are thwarted by unforeseen circumstances."
Alternatives: "are hindered" or "are obstructed".
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Virtue eventually triumphs and Danto Global's ambitions are thwarted.
If these are thwarted, it too could look elsewhere.
But Schultz's evil plans are thwarted by his own incompetence.
The expectations of a conventional mystery are thwarted at every turn.
But if those efforts to engage are thwarted, he said, the equation changes.
✧ We sneeze because we are thwarted, discouraged, or devil-may-care.
Sometimes the best-laid lunch plans are thwarted by circumstances beyond your control.
Michel's efforts are thwarted at every turn in an unrelenting sequence of phantasmagoric events.
Most answered that average golfers are thwarted in practice by certain fundamental errors.
Occasionally they feature situations in which perception is amorphous and good intentions are thwarted.
Despite funding to tackle corruption, efforts by Afghan and international officials are thwarted at every turn.
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