Sentence examples for which thwarts from inspiring English sources

Corruption, unemployment and lack of infrastructure have created a kind of entropy, which thwarts all attempts to improve things.

Because humanity in its natural state regards its own self-interest as good and that which thwarts this self-interest as bad, natural human reason is unreliable.

Increasingly, the police say, practiced thieves know to turn the phone off and wrap it in aluminum foil before turning it back on, which thwarts the tracking technology.

Part of the problem on the Bushbury Hill estate is the design of the houses, which thwarts the logic of encouraging people to move on from homes that are too big for them.

The single most important reason the Senate is so dysfunctional is that its rules of "endless debate" permit a minority of 41 of its 100 members to filibuster, which thwarts the will of the majority and prevents important legislation from coming to an up-or-down vote.

Hill (2004, p. 627, 628) argues that the concept of superaddition "is quite out of place" in connection with cohesion, because Locke regards cohesion as a foundational problem, which thwarts our efforts to conceive of body.

In the second half, the Cardinal came out playing a 2-3 zone on defense, which thwarted Vandersloot's ability to penetrate.

Malawi, for instance, subjects corn to periodic export and import restrictions as well as to price controls, all of which thwart development of a well-functioning market.

Only twice in extra innings did the Yankees get a runner to second, which thwarted their hopes of bringing in Rivera.

"The position of those countries which thwarted the U.N. Security Council resolution and voted against the resolution of the General Assembly gave the Syrian regime a license to extend its brutal practices against the Syrian people".

Their refusal to return earlier in the week prevented Republicans from achieving a quorum, which thwarted a vote on the redistricting plan that could have shifted several Congressional seats to Republican control.