Sentence examples for were to stunt from inspiring English sources

As the beginning of a system of copyright, this procedure was an admirable development; but the grip that the company obtained and its self-interested subservience to authority were to stunt the free growth of the English book trade for the next 100 years.

Eyetech then tested the aptamer in its models to ensure that it behaved in the expected way, that is, to stunt vessel growth.

"In today's dynamic primary mortgage market, to regress to prescriptive and rigid underwriting standards would be to stunt innovation and limit borrower's access to credit.

But the team's new design contains strontium, which is thought to stunt the growth of children.

On the host side of the coevolutionary race, culling is found to stunt the evolution of resistance.

Consuming less than the daily normal amount is proven to stunt growth.

My goal is to cut stunting in half.

A plant showing a high degree of colonization resistance may still be susceptible to stunting.

I'm not opposed to stunt journalism and meta journalism in some cases.

It's like they want to stunt your development".

The stunt was to promote his Spitfire scholarship which offers training for wounded servicemen and women.