Sentence examples for were stymied for from inspiring English sources

However, successive attempts to raise funds and build a home for such a theatre were stymied for various reasons, including World Wars I and II.

Their talks were stymied for many reasons — by fears of giving away too much, by pressures from Athens and Ankara, by walls of distrust between their communities.

The Lions were stymied for more than seven minutes dur ing the second half when they didn't score a field goal and Princeton moved to a 9‐point advantage.

The Cubs were stymied for the third time this season by Kuroda, 33, a veteran of the Japanese Central League who allowed one run to the Cubs in 15 1/3 regular-season innings.

That Mr. Melewski and others — a coterie of steelworkers, crane operators and cement layers — are even engaged in this $35 million project to reopen the bridge to pedestrians, bicyclists and in-line skaters is notable, considering that earlier attempts to resuscitate it were stymied for years by bickering among preservationists over the best way forward.

Luring the Irishman to a Championship club would be something of a coup, and there could be another new face in the north-east after Newcastle were stymied for the time being by last night's Premier League refusal to allow Glenn Roeder to take control because the current St James Parkk caretaker does not have the relevant coaching badges.

Yet while Serbia's EU bid may be stymied for now, it is certainly not dead.

Routine horse-trading for votes is stymied, for fear it could be misinterpreted.

Legislation to give pharmacists such authority has been stymied for several years in New York State.

The bill was first introduced in 2004, and has been stymied for years.

The FBI is also frustrated that its inquiry into the Saudi role was stymied for political reasons.