Sentence examples for is thwarted from inspiring English sources

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is thwarted

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To prevent; to halt; to cause to fail; to foil; to frustrate.

  • The police thwarted the would-be assassin.

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The exchange is thwarted in both directions".

Enterprise there is thwarted by bureaucracy and high taxes.

Actually, she's nearly sexually assaulted as the attack is thwarted.

"He is thwarted no matter which way he turns.

Envy is a signpost to personal desire that is thwarted.

But our wish for a matinee thriller is thwarted.

Yet this mission, too, is thwarted; Percy returns home unsatisfied.

The authors write that children's development is thwarted by "loyalty conflicts" and extended stretches of uncertainty.

His plan is thwarted, nobody goes inside and no desires are granted.

PARIS — When terrorism is thwarted, the first impulse among Westerners is to rejoice.

That goal is usually some kind of political change that is thwarted by other means.

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