Sentence examples for he thwarted from inspiring English sources

He thwarted himself.

In doing so he thwarted Eisenhower's dream of a test-ban to end the arms race.

Still authoritative despite Newsnight's dreadful recent spell, he thwarted his producers' attempts to get him to read out a weather forecast by the power of sarcasm alone.

In so doing he thwarted what Wei Jingsheng, the most famous of the wall-writers, had dubbed "the fifth modernisation": democracy.

He thwarted the Cincinnati Reds, the top-scoring team in the National League this season, in a 4-0 vintory in Game 1 of their division playoff series.

He memorably underlined that in the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final, when he thwarted Zambia's Thomas Nyirenda from the spot before netting the decisive kick.

Mr. Quaid's handsome face is twisted with suffering and self-loathing, and his performance is all the more shattering because he thwarts our compassion.

Have you ever imagined the thrill of discovering ancient treasure à la Indiana Jones or yearned to get into James Bond's Aston Martin as he thwarts the nefarious plans of this week's particular evildoer?

He thwarts their plans, and Gil runs off, leaving Steve and Heck to face Billy and his brothers, who have ambushed them in the hopes of taking back Elsa.

In the example of the words /faʃala/ (he failed) and /faʃ:ala/ (he thwarts), the opposition resides in the gemination of /ʃ/ fricative.

President Obama steps up to the plate: He thwarts the genocide.