Sentence examples for impeding the progress of from inspiring English sources

In one scene, several children roll like logs, impeding the progress of Demetrius, one of the play's four bedeviled lovers.

The first recorded use of the term, in a history of sports at Princeton, refers to "a safety man," whose duties include recovering fumbles and impeding the progress of a tackled opponent.

Domino's Pizza today hailed this and other new products for driving UK underlying sales up by 6.6 per cent in its first quarter, as the recent, near-Arctic conditions showed few signs of impeding the progress of its army of delivery mopeds.

He is specifically charged with impeding the progress of legislation by threatening members of Congress if they favored legislation of which he disapproved and with seeking to coerce Congress by threatening to veto laws which Congress might pass in the proper exercise of its prerogatives.

Emergence of Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) and Extensively-Drug Resistant (XDR) Tuberculosis is impeding the progress of combating the epidemic of Tuberculosis [1].

The absence of a unanimous, industry-specific definition of quality is, to a certain degree, impeding the progress of ongoing efforts to "modernize" the pharmaceutical industry.

First, "no intentional contact (or pushing)." Second, "no attempts to impede the progress of others".

But the country's history might have impeded the progress of such a German art form.

The study also found that age discrimination and a lack of government support impeded the progress of their businesses.

"It is clear that the F.A.A.'s delay has significantly impeded the progress of our investigation," the statement said.

A: Sometimes mulch can impede the progress of plants if it is too close to the crown of the plant.