Sentence examples for plans thwarted from inspiring English sources

As a teenager herself, she dreamed of becoming an actress, plans thwarted when she became pregnant at 18.

Many have faced resistance, and some (eg, Ohio's governor, John Kasich, and Louisiana's Bobby Jindal) have seen their boldest plans thwarted.

In our technologically sophisticated society, there are countless ways you can have your plans thwarted, and almost nothing you can do about it.

She had ambitions for law or to become a professional violinist, both plans thwarted by the sight of Kate Adie reporting in a flak jacket from Baghdad, "which is ironic, because I never got to report from warzones".

Less a travelogue than a loiterlogue, this book by an author fond of visiting well-known haunts -- Paris, Bali, New Orleans, Rome -- without seeing a sight or snapping a photo is a series of darkly comic riffs on failed plans, thwarted romance, self-helplessness and "energetic torpor".

Tried to take private in 2006 but plans thwarted by dissident shareholders.

Government witnesses also declined to answer some questions about their security plans, thwarting lawyers for the protest groups who tried in their cross-examinations to pin down how security needs were being calculated.

Mr. Bartlett, she said, was not overly distraught to find his seamless plan thwarted.

Mr. Nunn had hoped to bring his London cast with him to New York, a plan thwarted by the American Actors Equity Associationn.

With Alessa's plan thwarted and her soul rejoined, the deity is revived and possesses her.

Plan after plan is thwarted: Elaine tries bribing the maître d', but is unsuccessful.