How To Use Thwarted In A Sentence

Certainly, it is a masterclass in grand ambition thwarted. Times, Sunday Times
A flanking attack on Antigonus' troops from Spartan light infantry stationed in the Oenus valley was thwarted by an aggressive cavalry attack led by the Achaean general Philopoemen.
It is a sumptuous and intelligent film about love and thwarted ambition. Times, Sunday Times
The following year, Garcia took a one-stroke lead to the 70th hole of the PGA Championship but Harrington again thwarted Garcia's bid to break into the fraternity of major champions. In majors, taking on Tiger always part of the problem
He cited the cases of a girl committing suicide after continued cyber-bullying and harassments and an online suicide pact among youth thwarted by South Korean police.

She was the virgin poetess dressed in white, the tremulous daughter who never left her father's house, the maiden who turned to art because she was thwarted in love.
His ambition to become a pilot was thwarted by poor eyesight.
Kuyt escaped from Benoît Assou-Ekotto once to a flick-on from Carroll and set up a thwarted shooting opportunity from Charlie Adam as a result before the inevitable substitution arrived. Luis Suárez back for Liverpool but Dalglish starts with Andy Carroll
She was deeply irritated at being thwarted.
Remember the jauntier days when that angel of death, Jessica Fletcher, traveled the land and thwarted homicidal maniacs on Murder, She Wrote? TV needs more sleuths of a certain age | EW.com
Once again I was thwarted in my attempt to understand how to tune in to the audio on the bank of TVs mounted above the treadmills.
He developed a tearful roar which he would use when thwarted, and a persistent self-pitying grizzle when he was bored or uncomfortable. THE PRESIDENT'S CHILD
Their plot was thwarted and the key members of the cell were jailed last month. Times, Sunday Times
Armed guards aboard the 510 ft ship immediately returned fire and the attack was thwarted, said a spokesman for the European Union's anti-piracy naval fleet.
So another attack was thwarted, though no one knows about it. Times, Sunday Times
Of course, the sub-clause will bite only after Washington has made a move on Dr Khan and Pakistan has thwarted it. Pakistan Does Not Need American Aid, Good News
The cowboy's face is a study of determination thwarted by mortal terror. Times, Sunday Times
Hundreds of stargazers had travelled as far north as Orkney and Shetland to witness the spectacular celestial event, but most were thwarted by clouds which obscured the rare phenomenon.
Mary was one of those broken people, a life thwarted from what it could be.
It is a sumptuous and intelligent film about love and thwarted ambition. Times, Sunday Times
It is still a tale of thwarted hopes and suppressed unhappiness, but the misery she reveals is calamitous only in its traumatic effects on one family.
Jonathan Madden is a would-be twentieth century folly builder who's been thwarted by town planners.
Small timers, such as pickpockets, can be easily thwarted by carrying only sturdy, shoulder-strap purses, not carrying obvious camera or laptop computer bags or exposed cameras strung about your person, and by putting your cash out of harm´s way in a little bag hung around your neck and stowed under your shirt. Mexico City: Biggest city guide for the savvy traveler
In July 1702 he was offered the post of organist at Sangerhausen but was thwarted by the reigning duke, who preferred a candidate of his own choice; for several months thereafter he occupied his time as a lackey and violinist at Weimar.
And, when I'm thwarted, I'm likely to go all sour and spiky and be a pig to live with.
Although she is freeborn, Alice forfeits her freedom by assisting her enslaved lover's thwarted escape.
He ran on to the rebound, but again he was thwarted as the keeper back-pedalled furiously to complete his solo stand.
He was thwarted by police in balaclava helmets, who began surrounding his flat at 3am that day. Times, Sunday Times
In yet another egregious political machination, however, Fujimori supporters in congress unconstitutionally thwarted this popular initiative on a dubious technicality.
A concerted communist attempt to oust Ross from the railways union was thwarted as a result of lobbying and branch stacking orchestrated by Ferguson.
But he was thwarted after a female worker reached forward and closed the till before he could snatch any cash.
Thus, he aided reaction and thwarted progress.
Police had already thwarted attempts to bring two huge van bombs to Madrid, and to detonate a car bomb in Bilbao.
The pull of a mystery that needs to be solved, or of an unseen and looming threat that needs to be thwarted is alluring for many readers, and for me, combining that with either an epic, urban or alternative fantasy setting is better than ice cream and cake. MIND MELD: What's Your Favorite Sub-Genre of Science Fiction and/or Fantasy?
That strategy could be thwarted by a lawsuit challenging expansion financing that is now awaiting review by the state Supreme Court.
The pair of stories on obsessive and thwarted travel were inherently undramatic and for that reason we wanted to put them on stage.
The horror of what may have happened is matched only by the relief that this plot was thwarted. Times, Sunday Times
It's a delicate endeavor, as one element must be cajoled and conciliated, and the other flatly thwarted within the bounds of democratic politics. Joshua Treviño: A Step Forward in Malaysia
Was his manoeuvre a rush of blood, or a rush of thwarted ambition? Times, Sunday Times
And they succeeded as Garner's final save thwarted Lee Canoville in the closing seconds.
They were thwarted in their attempt to gain overall control of the company.
The Labour backbenches are now stuffed with the disappointed, the thwarted, the fired, the has-beens and those that were never likely to amount to anything in the first place.
Because Fairbairn thought that it is not possible for the child who needs others to withdraw completely from objects when deprived or thwarted, he viewed the child’s ego as coping with environmental failure by splitting its experiences with bad objects into the following different internal parts, the totality of which is referred to as the endopsychic structure. Object Relations Theory and Self Psychology in Social Work Practice
A gang which tried to mug a Selby woman in broad daylight was thwarted when her dog leapt to her defence.
The pleasure is perverse: the thrill of an incessantly thwarted chase. Times, Sunday Times
Both efforts were thwarted by House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.), who ruled that they were not "germane" to the legislation under consideration. Taxpayer-Owned Fannie Mae Attacks Struggling Homeowners
The guards thwarted his attempt to escape from prison.
It was the same day four more attempted bomb attacks were thwarted in the capital. The Sun
In concert with contemporary theory, she posits a world of belated, thwarted deixis, of quasi-chimerical example.
The plot was thwarted because police from the northwest counterterrorism unit arrested the youth on suspicion of threats to kill his teachers. Times, Sunday Times
In Bolivia, three foreign nationals were killed and two arrested in what the Bolivian government called a thwarted assassination plot on President Evo Morales. Democracy Now!
His progress was briefly thwarted by the locked gate, but he managed to vault the boundary wall without breaking a sweat and disappeared down the road at superhuman speed.
Competition thwarted this cartel when members reneged on the deal, exceeding their quotas.
Cameron's college audience in Beijing will know all this stuff just as British kids know about the wickedness of Hitler and the ambitions of Napoleon or Phillip II of Spain – all pluckily thwarted by you know who. David Cameron should not have worn that poppy in China
But his plans are thwarted by the irrational behaviour of others. Times, Sunday Times
For a short while, the police continued to insist that they had thwarted an armed insurrection.
My plans were thwarted by an unfortunate war and to assure deferment from the military, I found myself a misplaced medical student at Johns Richard Axel - Autobiography
Each bench holds a tragic little operetta of thwarted desire and hapless yearning. Times, Sunday Times
Japanese intended surprise attack was thwarted by the American communication intelligence.
A criticism levelled at Inveraray is that the attacking thrust is often thwarted by over-elaboration among the forwards.
His ambition to become a pilot was thwarted by poor eyesight.
The attempt to use the criminal law to punish those who embarrass ministers has been thwarted. Times, Sunday Times
They successfully conquered East Anglia, but were thwarted by the first range of hills.
This has frustrated the restaurant entrepreneur somewhat and thwarted him from rolling out more establishments.
When he reached the penalty area he drove the ball low to the home keeper's left only to be thwarted by an excellent save.
So far it has been a case of attacks thwarted - and there have been many. Times, Sunday Times
Three people have been arrested after Britain's first alleged attempted online bank robbery was thwarted.
My previous scheme was to auction off a date with me to this event on EBay, but now I am thwarted.
In western adolescent patient, many people come from cracked family or amative be thwarted or unemployment to wait, The maleThanFemaleAbout many 1/4 arrives 1/3.
Plans for a gentle walk followed by lunch, a snooze in the library then afternoon tea are quickly thwarted when I discover we are all off for a spot of abseiling at Neiste Point.
He developed a tearful roar which he would use when thwarted, and a persistent self-pitying grizzle when he was bored or uncomfortable. THE PRESIDENT'S CHILD
Had our intelligence people arrested this Pig prior to entering the aircraft, that would constitute a thwarted attempt, a misfire is a failed attempt that surpassed all safety and screening barriers. White House: President notified of new flight scare
That strategy could be thwarted by a lawsuit challenging expansion financing that is now awaiting review by the state Supreme Court.
A thwarted love affair is the stuff of fiction.
We of course wanted clear skies or our efforts would be thwarted but the morning had been very overcast and we were not hopeful.
The scuffle at Kuala Lumpur airport was fuelled by nearly two weeks of thwarted hope. Times, Sunday Times
It is expected to say that tobacco companies have deliberately thwarted international efforts to control the sale of cigarettes.
We successfully thwarted the enemy's conspiracy.
Chatwin wrote that this novel was an experiment in "circular time," and it's the way his prose particularizes time's passage, the efficient sweep of the narrative over several thwarted households, that makes it so satisfying. The News From Everywhere
The terrible vengeance of the thwarted father is like a medieval saga but it is playing out in modern London. Times, Sunday Times
Many of these draws were hard-fought attempts to win, ingeniously thwarted.
Sometimes, thinking of the pure instincts thwarted in every heart, -- of the noble traits in damned souls, sent hellwards by birth or barred into temptation by society, a vision flashed before him of some scheme of the universe where all matter and mind were rising, slowly, through the ages, to eternal life. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862
At the end of the third year I waxed aweary of this lonesome mourning, and one day I happened to enter the cenotaph when vexed and angry with some matter which had thwarted me, and suddenly I heard her say: — O my lord, I never hear thee vouch safe a single word to me! The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
On the north-east coast, Royal Findhorn Yacht Club's race officials were thwarted by unfavourable tides and dying wind for day one of their dinghy regatta.
He had a golden opportunity to notch another hat-trick here, but wasn't as sharp as usual and was thwarted by a mixture of poor finishing and fine goalkeeping.
The attempt to use the criminal law to punish those who embarrass ministers has been thwarted. Times, Sunday Times
Protagonists generally have needs, desires, goals, aversions and fears, and their efforts to achieve their goals are generally complicated or thwarted by an antagonist, who may be hostile to the protagonist.
I had my ambush thwarted as a murder of crows cawed away.
The arrival of Islam and Nestorian Christians in the 7th century, and the famous Jesuit adaptation to Chinese culture during the 17th century, thwarted by an intransigent Vatican, are part of it.
After the Emancipation Proclamation, the Union's strategic goals were too comprehensive and inflexible to be thwarted by a single defeat.
The film flip-flops between the real world and a fantasy dream world, in which the evil king pursues the girl he loves and her lover, a chimney sweep, only to be thwarted at every turn by l"Oiseau.
So another attack was thwarted, though no one knows about it. Times, Sunday Times
It is a comedy of thwarted ambition, and it was influential, too. Times, Sunday Times
As we read on to learn the characters' uncertain fates and the outcome of an assortment of thwarted or ill-starred romances, the novel is so enjoyable that it's easy to miss the more serious moral questions Goodman means to ask. The Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman – review
Arrogating universality to itself, the authoritarian state which arose over these exclusive particulars thwarted the self-activity of its people, and concealed the source of its authority behind a veil of religious sanctification.
The novel's early readers were understandably annoyed at having their narrative expectations constantly thwarted.
He ran on to the rebound, but again he was thwarted as the keeper back-pedalled furiously to complete his solo stand.
At the time, officials said thousands of marchers could have been injured in what was later described as a thwarted example of "domestic terrorism. Suspect Is Arrested in Spokane Bomb Case
It has been claimed that information supplied by an informant to the Special Branch in Dublin, which if acted upon might have thwarted the terrorists, was never passed to the RUC.
Also his best laid plans were thwarted when he attempted to return to see his family in South Africa.
In the 13 th century, French troubadours wrote love-thwarted tales in a poetry-prose mix.
Since then, the commission has been seeking powers to enforce the removal of the ban, for which it needed Council approval but, by a qualified majority, the Council has once again thwarted any attempts to bring the errant member state into line. A single European lame duck?
The result is that a powerful lobby has thwarted the removing of a manifest injustice from the tax system. Times, Sunday Times
Hundreds of stargazers had travelled as far north as Orkney and Shetland to witness the spectacular celestial event, but most were thwarted by clouds which obscured the rare phenomenon.
Were they at the camp with 'supergrass' Mohammed Junad Barbar, the key witness for the prosecution in the current ongoing terrorism trial codenamed Crevice thwarted fertiliser-bomb vehicle plot at the Old Bailey? 7/7 & the 7/7 Bradford riots - connected?
Everyone who has tried to outfox me has been thwarted.
It was the same day four more attempted bomb attacks were thwarted in the capital. The Sun
The horror of what may have happened is matched only by the relief that this plot was thwarted. Times, Sunday Times
Enough of my “liberal whining” (I will condescend to that description – harharhar) – and back to Sarkozy/Iznogoud (famous French comic book character from the 1960s-1970s, a scheming grand vizir who is constantly thwarted in his efforts to be “califf instead of the califf”) Apart from the ambition they actually look alike. Matthew Yglesias » La France Multiculty
Money supply would have then expanded, and deflationary forces would have been thwarted.
All the same, the Professor, in spite of his cherubical looks, could make himself extremely disagreeable, and undoubtedly would do so if thwarted. The Green Mummy
Their plot was thwarted and the key members of the cell were jailed last month. Times, Sunday Times
Fierce opposition thwarted the government's plans.
Though the immediate plans of the dark sorcerer Arunis have been thwarted, the battle for control of the Chathrand, on which the fate of empires hinges, is far from over. The Ruling Sea by Robert V. S. Redick: Book summary
A space war, in which each nation launches its own missile destroying satellites, could be thwarted by a bucket of gravel, according to a report submitted to the United Nations.
The result is that a powerful lobby has thwarted the removing of a manifest injustice from the tax system. Times, Sunday Times
Was it not rather that the Soul of Nature, unprevented, unthwarted by distracting influences, found a freer entrance to hers, but she, not yet in harmony with it, felt its con - tact as alien-as bondage therefore and not liberty? What's Mine's Mine — Complete
To be curbed, stood up to, in a word thwarted, exercises the character, elasticates the spirit, makes it pliant. Two Kings Make a Winning Hand
Her mixture burned the pestilential corpses that threatened the defenders and her illuminations at night thwarted Vandal attacks.
BRITAIN'S long-awaited exit from recession has moved from thwarted prediction to firm fact.
It's a black comedy of racial prejudice, mistaken identity and thwarted expectations.
Certainly, it is a masterclass in grand ambition thwarted. Times, Sunday Times
He squinted through the weak, ever-changing lumination to discern anything of use and found his efforts thwarted. String Theory, Book 3: Evolution
The attempt to use the criminal law to punish those who embarrass ministers has been thwarted. Times, Sunday Times
It was the same day four more attempted bomb attacks were thwarted in the capital. The Sun
Martha, Mary and their friends at the Women's Centre are trying to do their bit for the feminist movement but are usually thwarted by the intransigence of conventional outlooks and hidebound attitudes to gender.
Thank goodness some of the perpetrators have been discovered and their evil plans thwarted. The Sun
A slicker actor would have cued revulsion in children, but here the icky inevitability of movie clinches had been thwarted.
It's a black comedy of racial prejudice, mistaken identity and thwarted expectations.
But his escape to the sun has been thwarted because he has again flunked his driving test.
That apparently was the idea fronted by the administration and thwarted by the Liberals...er, I mean Democrats. Dear Mr. Obama . . .
After stabbing to death poor Jesus in a quest to possess his dark brujo magic, and then abruptly chaining a shirtless Bill and Eric to a stake to be burned, Marnie's reign of terror is thwarted by a gaggle of Halloween ghosts, led by Sookie's Gran who yanks the bitch out of Lafayette's throat and the return of Antonia, who jointly convince Marnie to release her rage and rest in peace. Finale Review: HBO's Sunday Night
We successfully thwarted the enemy's conspiracy.
It's full of life lessons, and sweetness, and the love thwarted which is your sitcom staple.
Vendors that make most of their money from desktop or server-based anti-virus scanners argue that most of these viruses could be thwarted by a policy of blocking executable attachments in email.
A thick blanket of snow thwarted the efforts of search and rescue teams hunting for the missing woman yesterday.
Distraction thieves were thwarted by a number of elderly people they targeted in Pewsey late on Wednesday evening last week.
That strategy could be thwarted by a lawsuit challenging expansion financing that is now awaiting review by the state Supreme Court.
Thank goodness some of the perpetrators have been discovered and their evil plans thwarted. The Sun
Although she is freeborn, Alice forfeits her freedom by assisting her enslaved lover's thwarted escape.
Plans to expand the company have been constantly thwarted.
An examination of the dynamics operating might reveal parents who have thwarted normal growth through pampering and over-indulgence.
Thank goodness some of the perpetrators have been discovered and their evil plans thwarted. The Sun
She was deeply irritated at being thwarted.
Firstly, he certainly thwarted some papal provisions by taking vigorous action against any bishop involved in the process.
There is yet a core of common decency built into our lifeways and even some of our institutions that has thwarted, so far, the sketchier aspects of this government's agenda. Archive 2009-08-01
The case boils down to a thwarted vampire wedding that's disrupted when the groom is outed as a former member of the werewolf club. Matt's TV Week in Review
The pronunciamientos of 1824-20 were a combination of officer discontents, thwarted ambition, and liberal principle.
The terrible vengeance of the thwarted father is like a medieval saga but it is playing out in modern London. Times, Sunday Times
Their individual and collective endeavors were thwarted by the machinations of powerful men, institutions, and a tradition-bound, preliterate society.
I believe "ha, _ha_," by the way, is an ejaculation confined entirely to thwarted villains in stageland; but if I am a villain, I'm not thwarted yet. The Heather-Moon
If Obama more fully declassifies Helgerson's report, the new information also might undercut Cheney's claim that the harsh interrogation of "high-value" detainees produced valuable intelligence, thwarted pending terrorist plots against the United States and saved "hundreds of thousands of lives. Secret CIA File Tests Obama's Pledge
his best efforts were thwarted
Thus, he aided reaction and thwarted progress.
His first escape attempt was thwarted by the thugs as Phillips remained adrift from the aid and cover of the US Navy, which sat restrained by an administration too cowardly to let slip the dogs of war. Redstate's Comedy Stylings
His bid to obtain drugs was thwarted when the hospital pharmacy recognised the bogus name. The Sun
Flames were extinguished quickly by the fire brigade, despite firefighters being initially thwarted by the lack of a hydrant on the private estate, and the low tide level of the Thames.
A pensioner has struck on a novel way to find female companionship but his attempts to track down Miss Right keep being thwarted at every turn.
It also timeously destroys Mr. Speaker Martin's self-serving and pompous valediction in which he sought to claim that if MPs had adopted proposals made last year, all would have been well, the implication being that he had been at the forefront of such changes and had been thwarted by the House. Expenses: The Commons Exocets Itself
All the rest has been just so much thwarted ambition. Times, Sunday Times
The guards thwarted his attempt to escape from prison.
It was the same day four more attempted bomb attacks were thwarted in the capital. The Sun
Halsall. she asserts, will not return any answer, and although she is only in private lodgings she is continually being thwarted and vilipended by Carney, ‘whose tongue needs clipping’.
A thwarted love affair is the stuff of fiction.
Thank goodness some of the perpetrators have been discovered and their evil plans thwarted. The Sun
Boat parties, beach parties and barbecues may be thwarted due to non-seasonal weather, but there are still plenty of soirées to attend inside, out of the way of rain and cold breezes.
Halsall. she asserts, will not return any answer, and although she is only in private lodgings she is continually being thwarted and vilipended by Carney, ‘whose tongue needs clipping’. A Memoir of Mrs. Behn
In 1836-1837, her career as a schoolmistress thwarted by ill health, she suffered a nervous breakdown.
But there was more than thwarted ambition and ministerial rivalry at play here.
Jammers are thwarted by changing vulnerable frequencies and technologies, low tech is used to beat high tech, operational patterns are shifted to counter changed tactics or improved surveillance.
NEW DELHI -- Tensions between India and Pakistan have thwarted their plans to jointly own the term "basmati" for the aromatic rice, much as producers in Champagne, France, have the exclusive right to name their product. Tensions Stall Plan by India and Pakistan to Share 'Basmati' Tag
That strategy could be thwarted by a lawsuit challenging expansion financing that is now awaiting review by the state Supreme Court.
Even the fact that the heroine is an ex-actor and the Washington bigwig she befriends a thwarted thesp gives the whole affair a cosy patina of showbusiness.
They were thwarted in their attempt to gain overall control of the company.
Not realizing that calm and logic are anathema to the Hysterical Female, the Wronged Male, by his very hangdog air, serves only to lure the Hysterical Female into a near frenzy in her thwarted attempts for a screaming argument.
The storms of nature and the jealousies in human breasts thwarted La Salle's immediate ambitions, but what has come into that northern valley has followed closely in the path of his purposes, the path traced by his ship built of the trees of Niagara and furnished by the chandleries of Paris. The French in the Heart of America
His intention to become ordained was thwarted when he was exposed as an agnostic and his religious scepticism caused suspicion in the university.
It is a comedy of thwarted ambition, and it was influential, too. Times, Sunday Times
It was the same day four more attempted bomb attacks were thwarted in the capital. The Sun
Plans to expand the company have been constantly thwarted.
Against this image of authority lay that of the tsar, the very good but very mysterious ‘little father’ of his peoples, who had his will constantly thwarted by the likes of landlords and officers, those who exercised immediate authority.
High street banks that want to stop providing free current accounts may be thwarted by the competition watchdog. Times, Sunday Times
The pleasure is perverse: the thrill of an incessantly thwarted chase. Times, Sunday Times
Though Sullivan, timing his run from the wing to perfection, appeared to have chipped the ball over Shelley, a superb late tackle thwarted him.
My holiday plans have been thwarted by the strike.
Plus, plans to disinvest small stakes in state-owned companies, through which New Delhi aims to raise some $8 billion, could be thwarted if markets remain volatile and investors wary of emerging markets. India's Credibility Deficit
A key OPEC meeting split acrimoniously in June after Iran successfully thwarted a Saudi push to hike oil output. Iran Approves Guard Official as Oil Minister
The feds are failing to communicate properly, and now we've had a second close call thwarted not by federal authorities -- apparently too busy chasing backwoods, "anti-gov't" crackers to focus on the real threats -- but by average, every-day Americans. Propeller Most Popular Stories
Thwarted in its 73-year fantasy of watching a Briton in the men's singles final at Wimbledon, a nation of once-a-year tennis dreamers puts down its punnet of strawberries. Wimbledon: Andy Murray, still a hero | Observer editorial
The guards thwarted his attempt to escape from prison.
This stress and exhaustion probably intensified the damage and thwarted my recovery. Times, Sunday Times
The plot was thwarted because police from the northwest counterterrorism unit arrested the youth on suspicion of threats to kill his teachers. Times, Sunday Times
The assassination attempt on his life had been thwarted and his master plan on the Continent was going exactly to plan.
A government-run press centre in the tense Presevo valley area bordering Kosovo claimed special police had thwarted the abduction attempt.
Many have laboured, lost their footing and fallen in a bid to dramatise Sebastian Faulks's Birdsong, a herculean tale of thwarted love, haunted hearts and man's capacity for bonhomie and inhumanity during the first world war. Grace Dent: Birdsong
Attempts to contain a political crisis over festering garbage were thwarted on several fronts.
But their relationship, like their individualities, is thwarted by hypersensitivity and ignorance. Times, Sunday Times
It seemed like a parable of thwarted parental ambition. Times, Sunday Times
York played on the break and came closest to breaking the deadlock when Carter was thwarted by an excellent save.
Two young women were in attendance, as was — in spirit only — William Cullen Bryant, poetical elegist of an Indian maiden thwarted in love who, legend said, had thrown herself off a precipice of this same mountain. January « 2010 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground

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