thwarting

How To Use thwarting In A Sentence

• So far we have been successful in thwarting the efforts of Representative Bill Thomas (R - CA) to get this passed.
• Fear of ebola is thwarting efforts to bring it and other epidemics under control. Times, Sunday Times
• He remained an assertive influence at William III's court, however, quarrelling and plotting against those whom he believed were thwarting his own ambitions.
• In face of this social misery, the ruling coalition has resorted to forestalling parliamentary elections and thwarting an inquiry into corruption.
• Leonoa had survived by a blade-thin chance, and even so, she lay four days in a stupor, waking for an evening before lapsing into bone fever, its delirious contortions permanently thwarting her spine's straightness, lengthening one arm and legs, and throwing the plates of her skull awry, gnarling her like a knotgrass doll. Cat Rambo
• In south Glasgow, two secondaries are beginning a rolling programme which is aimed at thwarting a major shake-up by Strathclyde.
• The pistole is a Spanish gold coin worth about four dollars; formerly the French pistole was worth in France ten _livres_ -- about ten francs -- they were struck in Franche-Comté.] we should have no need now to think of and try to find out what means we must employ in compassing our wishes; we might, by purchasing this slave quickly, prevent your rival from forestalling and thwarting you. The Blunderer
• The police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the deployment is aimed at thwarting clashes between warring groups.
• Knowledge and familiarity with the avenues of HfV transmission may mobilize nurses who question their ability or role in thwarting the virus and disease.
• The other is thwarting China's development, which would ultimately ruin the rise of East Asia.