Sentence examples for thus frustrated from inspiring English sources

His last hope of becoming a national newspaper editor – he had set out, he said, with the ambition of editing the Guardian – was thus frustrated.

In this he succeeded through the momentary complicity of the local leaders of the city of Anagni, who, however, after two days changed their minds, rescued the Pope, and thus frustrated whatever further plans Nogaret may have had.

Thus frustrated, he began to survey the whole direction of the war with increasing skepticism; and he did not conceal his doubts from his friends who, by the end of November, had become convinced that Asquith should delegate the day-to-day running of the war to a small committee whose chairman should be Lloyd George.

Giraud, who on May 15 had superseded Corap in command of the French 9th Army, was thus frustrated in his desperate plan of checking the Germans on the Oise; and Kleist, meanwhile, by lining the Aisne progressively with tanks until the infantry came up to relieve them, was protecting the southwestern flank of the advance against the danger of a counteroffensive from the south.

Low yields are thus frustrating the Fed's effort to tighten monetary conditions.

Al-Maliki's appeal seems not only to have fallen on deaf ears but some tribal militias reportedly defected and fought alongside Isis, thus frustrating the government's efforts to retake Falluja.

The manifesto contains no pledge to hold a second referendum before 2021 on independence, which is nevertheless now the great dividing line in Scottish politics, thus frustrating many radical activists.

Niebuhr rejected such liberal belief as a dangerous illusion because human beings are besotted with original sin — which he identified with collective egoism and self-interest — thus frustrating the advancement of the species.

Modern society breeds selfishness, deception, and other evils, Fourier charged, because institutions such as marriage, the male-dominated family, and the competitive market confine people to repetitive labour or a limited role in life and thus frustrate the need for variety.

The ill-armed militia prevailed over the mounted force by making its stand on a patch of ground surrounded by streams and moats, thus frustrating any attempt at a rapid cavalry charge; the marshy terrain also impeded other efforts of the horsemen.

I also have a bit of a problem with the color of the Dots, as purple and burgundy are quite similar and thus frustrating.