Sentence examples for thwart with from inspiring English sources

One stood with a pole in the stern, & the other sat on the center thwart with a pair of wooden drumstick flails.

Mr. Bush simply has to hold on to enough lawmakers to thwart, with a veto if necessary, any congressionally mandated reductions or timetables for withdrawal.

In his statements to investigators, Mr. Perez portrayed the units as having a culture and mission much like the gangs they tried to thwart, with officer initiations similar to gang "jump-in" beating rituals.

HIV's constantly changing form makes it unlike any viral foe we have tried to thwart with a vaccine.

However, as a result of uncontrolled variables (for example, dart placement, animal exertion) that occur in field trials, it is often difficult to establish definitive efficacy of a treatment, and comparing data from different field studies is thwart with error.

Yet while teachers and children make do with their dwindling resources the militants, who Israel is trying to thwart with the blockade, continue firing rockets at the nearby Israeli town of Sderot.

And it can't be thwarted with military power alone.

I cannot recall an attack that would have been thwarted with better cargo security.

Palffy fought off a Czech defenseman to concoct a first-period breakaway that Vokoun thwarted with a toe save.

But many of their calls were thwarted, with curbs on protesters and the arrests of students and journalists that led to the US withdrawing security assistance.

Apparently fearing defeat, Cardinal Ruini called on Catholics to stay away so that the initiative would be thwarted with help from the merely apathetic.