Sentence examples for wrench in the works from inspiring English sources

But the case before the court in Diyarbakir could yet throw a wrench in the works.

But now there appears to be a potential wrench in the works: the Metropolitan Opera.

If the ban is allowed to stand, it will do more than just throw a wrench in the works.

Why take the chance that Obama would throw a wrench in the works or become overly combative toward the GOP?

And just as the markets were preparing for the news, China has thrown a wrench in the works.

The airlines might be paving a smoother path to the Caribbean, but the government is planning to throw one small wrench in the works.

A virtual tour of some smaller euro zone countries, whose voices are often heard only when they throw wrenches in the works or need bailouts, illustrates how hard it will be to build a consensus for a more federal system.

Not only was it unclear whether power could be transferred successfully under the original dynasty plan, there was now another major monkey-wrench in the works.

This appears to be the stalemate situation Transnistria's elite seem happy to keep living in: maintaining the political rhetoric about gaining independence, while throwing wrenches in the works every time an outside organisation tries to help them achieve their proposed aim.

I'm kind of throwing a wrench into the works in a way that allows people to have fun with it and not take it all so seriously, which I don't think the band necessarily does but the fans tend to view them as these demigods.

"China could barge in and throw a wrench into the works," said Michael Mazarr, a RAND Corp. analyst who's been studying North Korea for three decades.