Sentence examples for obstruct something from inspiring English sources

A group of lawmakers led by Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore). had hoped to re-institute the talking filibuster, in which a lawmaker who wanted to obstruct something would have to take to the floor to sustain an objection instead of literally phoning it in.

(Do not hold a delicate collapsible lens such as on a point-and-shoot, or obstruct something the camera will try to move on its own such as a focusing ring, or obstruct the view from the front of the lens).

As one person said, Lebanon raised its arm to allow consensus to pass instead of bowing before pressures to reject any condemnation of Damascus, or to obstruct the presidential statement, something that would most likely have led to a resolution being issued by the UNSC.

This huge amount of money creates a huge amount of incentive to engage in all kinds of scams, diversions, obfuscations, extortions and demands as well as outright paying for certain members of Congress to obstruct efforts to do something about this.

He thinks there's something obstructing the girl down there, and that's why she fears her husband.

That you can't commit a crime in obstructing investigations into something that wasn't a crime?

The review found that the train had been operating without an important safety feature: A mechanism called the end door bypass switch was set to the "bypass" position, meaning that the doors would not open — as elevator doors do — if something obstructed them.

And the systems can be disrupted relatively easily if there's limited visibility: heavy snow, fog, or something obstructing the unit's view.

That's reasonable — if and when we give the elderly (I am one of them) the right to choose their own gentle death, something that many religions would obstruct.

The stagnation syndrome is characterized by a cluster of mind/body obstruction symptoms, such as 'feeling that something is obstructed in the throat, or stuck in the chest and stomach'.

As the second Humvee approached the tunnel, Major Delgado's view of the sidewalk overhead was obstructed, but he noticed something descending from the right side.