Sentence examples for frustrate from inspiring English sources

"I don't want to let it frustrate me.

In a last-ditch attempt to frustrate the bill, Lord Harries, who chairs the Commission on Civil Society and Democratic Engagement representing more than 100 groups, warned it would be a "bureaucratic nightmare" and accused ministers of imposing a "huge regulatory burden on campaigning groups".

"The president is being threatened to embarrass and frustrate her efforts to fight corruption," Mpinganjira, a veteran politician, said.

Probably they aimed to frustrate Maliki's adoption of the American neocons' modus operandi of using force as the first option, instead of negotiating with Sadr to reach a political compromise during the ceasefire that Sadrists had observed since last August.

Toronto played solidly rather than creatively – though Kyle Bekker in particular had a tidy game as a deep-lying midfielder to frustrate New York, especially when the Red Bulls began attacking in earnest in the second half.

The absence of the Lib Dems, who have traditionally taken the Euro-patriot's line that the EU is "their country, right or wrong", may ease his problems on the floor of the Commons, but the SNP will take any opportunity to create procedural mayhem to frustrate attempts to legislate for "English votes for English laws".

This is a recurring device in Denis's films and one which, when overused, can frustrate the viewer and it is probably why, despite her star-studded cast, Denis has yet to cross over into the middle-brow middle ground occupied by most ordinary French cinema-goers.