Sentence examples for were thwarted from inspiring English sources

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were thwarted

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To prevent; to halt; to cause to fail; to foil; to frustrate.

  • The police thwarted the would-be assassin.

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Sometimes, we were thwarted.

Other lines were thwarted by new snowfall.

Mostly, those viewers were thwarted.

Previous efforts were thwarted by community opposition.

Early attempts were thwarted by cave-ins.

They were thwarted by Judge Walker's temporary stay.

In some places, efforts to manipulate the voting were thwarted.

But they were thwarted by deteriorating sea ice.

The invaders were disappointed and their actions were thwarted.

Bhoja's plans to extend the kingdom, however, were thwarted by the Palas and the Rashtrakutas.

It says efforts to contain the spread were thwarted by "political blockages".

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