Sentence examples for thwart him from from inspiring English sources

Aimed at the "old deluder Satan," it undertook to thwart him from keeping "men from a knowledge of the Scriptures," by requiring every township of 50 households to commission someone to teach reading and writing.

But most observers suspect the trial was orchestrated by elements of his own Solidarity, who wanted to smear their former hero and thwart him from standing in October, thereby boosting their preferred candidate, Marian Krzaklewski.

But Mr. Jackson did question whether reports about the matter were timed to thwart him from his civil rights causes, like leading the opposition against John Ashcroft, the attorney general-designate.

Surprisingly, Obama seemed to lay down a quite rigid timetable for US departure, giving an unnecessary advantage to those who may want to thwart him, from al-Qaida to Shi'ite and Kurdish militants: they have his timetable, but he doesn't have theirs.

The California "Got milk?" campaign was noticed from the first commercial by Goodby, Silverstein, about an Aaron Burr expert whose lack of milk thwarted him from winning a quiz jackpot when he was asked who shot Alexander Hamilton.

He said Susan Sontag had tried to thwart him and Lisa Paddock, his wife, from writing "Susan Sontag: The Making of an Icon," a critical study that appeared in 2000.

Both systems work together to thwart organisms from entering and proliferating within the body.

This year, the Baptists passed a resolution opposing hate-crimes legislation, because such measures could thwart Baptists from preaching against homosexuality.

Turkey had previously approved operations into Iraq and Syria to attack Kurdish separatists or to thwart threats from the Syrian regime.

Such a ban would thwart countries from developing new missiles, especially multiple-stage medium-range and long-range missiles.

But then Butch Carter invoked a number of conspiracy theories that could thwart Toronto from keeping his star player under contract.