Sentence examples for attempt to hamper from inspiring English sources
In an attempt to hamper Iran's efforts to develop a nuclear bomb America announced further sanctions in December.
North Vietnam took place in late 1968 or early 1969 when rain was increased in an attempt to hamper the ability of antiaircraft missiles to hit.
Pro-Ahmadinejad supporters have interpreted the recent events as an attempt to hamper the government's efforts to reduce tensions with the international community and undermine the government's foreign policy.
The animosity goes both ways, suggesting no easy resolution to a situation in which inmates are protesting being kept in isolation in excess of 22 hours a day, part of an attempt to hamper gangs.
In Monterrey, one of the country's leading business centres, armed men linked to drug gangs blocked motorways with lorries in an attempt to hamper army operations near the US border.
In an attempt to hamper the growing trade economy, which he considered frivolous, Mizuno canceled all debts owed by noblemen to members of the middle class, abolished many of the merchant guilds licensed by his predecessors, and ordered peasants who had migrated to the cities to return to the countryside.
The report includes a devastating critique of Facebook, including what the committee said were multiple attempts to hamper its investigation by the company.
The European Commission is investigating the legality of the government's apparent attempts to hamper the work of the constitutional tribunal – the highest court in the land – and a move to sack public broadcasting chiefs.
The Israelis attempted to hamper the retreat by dropping smoke capsules over the area from four A-4 Skyhawks.
In March 1936, he wrote to advertising mogul Albert Lasker, a Jew, complaining that "a large number of misguided Jews still persist in attempting to hamper the activities of the American Olympic Committee.
