Sentence examples for stymied this from inspiring English sources

The problem once again was the Mets' offense, which has been stymied this season by pitchers with far less ability than Adam Wainwright.

He is expected to set up a political party of his own, though the lack of early elections has stymied this for now.

The Tigers were stymied this time by Ryan Vogelsong, the Giants' right-handed starter, who represented a potential respite for the Tigers batters, even as he arrived with uniform success this October.

Bush's DOE has been trying to expand the yearly budget for basic science related to energy (think creating and understanding new material structures, material science for hydrogen energy, nuclear physics to improve reactors) from roughly $1.2 billion to $1.5 billion, but again, the budget impasse has continually stymied this.

Their view is that stymying this area by denying sex differences won't help women break through the glass ceiling because, 'difference', doesn't mean better or worse.

The project, which will include two more days of skywriting, has been stymied this week by high winds and, naturally, clouds.

American plans to move past that case, and reboot diplomatic relations, were stymied this week by riots in Afghanistan after Korans were burned at the country's large NATO base on Monday night.

This stymied the new special envoy, Stephen E. Biegun, who had planned to accompany Mr. Pompeo.

All of this stymied the development of the legislative branch.The Iraqi constitution, like the American one, considers beneficent leaders so rare that two other branches were established to provide checks and balances.

This bill stymied the conciliatory policy Lincoln planned toward the South by placing reconstruction in the hands of Congress.

This has stymied the development of proper capital markets and a real equity culture, which would help wean China off its dependence on bank lending.