Sentence examples for managed to frustrate from inspiring English sources

Time will tell if Spurs, a deadline dealer if ever there were any, has managed to frustrate Arsenal's buying intentions by holding out until the last 24 hours to release Bale.

The delay forfeited the fleet's chance of breaking out, but on November 27 , 1942 the French managed to frustrate the German attempt to capture it by scuttling more than 70 ships.

Montreal has managed to frustrate the Bruins, keeping their heavy bodies and physical, grind-out style of play up somewhere near the blue line where the shots are easier to block.

Mr. Bloomberg has managed to frustrate opponents like Mr. Weiner by recruiting Democratic operatives, including several who were part of Mrs. Clinton's organization before she became secretary of state.

A modern guidebook entry on the port city of Yokohama, near Tokyo, notes that within two decades of the black ships' arrival it boasted the country's first bakery (1860), photo shop (1862), telephone (1869), beer brewery (1869), cinema (1870), daily newspaper (1870), and public lavatory (1871).Yet, at the same time, Japan's rulers also managed to frustrate many of the westerners' wishes.

Their unblemished record on their own patch was only ended in mid-December by Peterborough, and another side battling against relegation managed to frustrate Malky Mackay's pacesetters.

Inclination and a sense of duty inculcated by a Calvinist tutor were alternating in him continually, each managing to frustrate the other.

Almost 10 years after the federal government required it in all passenger vehicles, the so-called Latch system is still managing to frustrate parents intent on protecting their children.

Despite having one of the largest and best corporate laboratories in the world, and the luxury of not one but three chief technology officers, the company routinely manages to frustrate the efforts of its visionary thinkers.

Unfortunately for the Pittsburgh Penguins, their 'reward' for finishing with the second most points in franchise history (108) is a first round date with the Philadelphia Flyers, the one team that has managed to consistently frustrate them this season.

His internal support remains solid despite a shaky stretch for a leader who has managed to confound and frustrate Democrats and President Obama for much of the past two years, even when Democrats controlled a 60-vote bloc that was, theoretically at least, sufficient to overcome a Republican filibuster.