Sentence examples for war frustrate from inspiring English sources

Nothing in this film proceeds by debate, everything happens in action, and Robin and his newly gathered band of fellow bowmen, making their way home from a pointless war, frustrate Godfrey's schemes, but not before Loxley has been murdered in an ambush by Godfrey.

Attempts to transfer departments to Canberra soon after the war were frustrated by the poor coordination of the provision of services.

Americans found the outcome of the Korean War deeply frustrating, coming so soon after our sweeping victories against formidable foes in WWII.

Foreign policy, and specifically her vote for the Iraq War, also frustrated Hillary Rodham Clinton in her unsuccessful run for president in 2008.

Retired from war photography and frustrated by a flirtation with advertising, McCullin found himself haunted by the ghosts of the tortured souls who have passed in front of his lens.

NATO officials hope that the clear changes in the training, both in output and atmosphere, are grounds for a measure of optimism in a war that has frustrated those waging it and provoked increasing opposition at home.

Wrapped in a tight cocoon of secrecy and security, Mr. Obama landed at Bagram Air Base, north of Kabul, on a pitch-black evening and told thousands of American service members who greeted him that they had begun to turn the tide in a war that has frustrated commanders and soldiers alike for nearly a decade.

But he also obliquely criticized Pakistan over its position regarding Afghanistan, where efforts to stabilize the country and wind down the American-led war have been frustrated by what American and Afghan officials have described as Pakistan's support for insurgent groups, including the Taliban and their allies in the Haqqani network.

Even if those proposals draw the 60 votes needed to overcome a Senate filibuster — a level that has eluded Democrats this year — any real strictures on the president would face a veto, frustrating war critics and raising the prospect that roughly as many American troops might be in Iraq a year from now as were there a year ago.

Stevens argued that slavery should not survive the war; he was frustrated by the slowness of President Abraham Lincoln to support his position.

Many of the insurgents were demobilized soldiers (tirailleurs malgaches) returning from World War II and frustrated with the limited recognition and opportunity afforded them by the French colonial government.