Sentence examples for were thwarting from inspiring English sources
verb
To prevent; to halt; to cause to fail; to foil; to frustrate.
- The police thwarted the would-be assassin.
Gove said teaching unions on both sides of the Atlantic were thwarting reform.
Then, claiming that they were thwarting an attempted coup, police attacked the opposition camp.
Anderson suspended them, and instructed her personnel staff to investigate whether the principals were thwarting enrollment in One Newark.
They might incur further hostility by looking as if they were thwarting the will of the people.
He said "arid" statisticians were thwarting ambitions for using the public balance sheet more aggressively to support industry.
Lawyers for the oil companies aboard the rig say the cancellations were thwarting their efforts to assign responsibility.
Sometimes, we were thwarted.
Previous efforts were thwarted by community opposition.
Other lines were thwarted by new snowfall.
Mostly, those viewers were thwarted.
Early attempts were thwarted by cave-ins.
