How To Use Thwarting In A Sentence
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So far we have been successful in thwarting the efforts of Representative Bill Thomas (R - CA) to get this passed.
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Fear of ebola is thwarting efforts to bring it and other epidemics under control.
Times, Sunday Times
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He remained an assertive influence at William III's court, however, quarrelling and plotting against those whom he believed were thwarting his own ambitions.
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In face of this social misery, the ruling coalition has resorted to forestalling parliamentary elections and thwarting an inquiry into corruption.
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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
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In south Glasgow, two secondaries are beginning a rolling programme which is aimed at thwarting a major shake-up by Strathclyde.
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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
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The police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the deployment is aimed at thwarting clashes between warring groups.
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Knowledge and familiarity with the avenues of HfV transmission may mobilize nurses who question their ability or role in thwarting the virus and disease.
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The other is thwarting China's development, which would ultimately ruin the rise of East Asia.
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In Rome the tribune P. Clodius pursued a popularis program (e.g., free grain), thwarting optimate opposition with gangs of thugs organized under the guise of legitimate collegia (clubs).
B. Military Dynasts and Civil Wars
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Had Honduras been found to be engaging in systematic abuses, it could have lost its US aid - thwarting the Reagan Administration's use of Honduras to support the contras.
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The two hostages of the escape attempt received medals of valour and were credited by the local press for thwarting the escape.
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The script is a simple caper of thwarting the protagonist's attempts to complete a simple task.
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This change of heart almost ensures that I'll be in hospital pushing by the weekend, as my body delights in thwarting me at every turn.
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The Republicans are trying to embarrass the president by thwarting his economic program.
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Over doing it can cause excessive pain and immobility, thwarting your training program.
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That case hinged on an interpretation of the Hobbs act, a 1946 law aimed at thwarting gangsters from extorting interstate truckers.
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Thwarting a U.S. raid at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876, Sioux and Cheyenne braves took no prisoners, killing Custer and 265 of his men.
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They returned to downtown Grand Forks to fill sandbags in hopes of thwarting rising flood waters.
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Fear of ebola is thwarting efforts to bring it and other epidemics under control.
Times, Sunday Times
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The 10-year-old survived yet another season of calls for his retirement, thwarting his knockers with four victories, which took his career earnings past the £1m mark.
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His interest in denialism concerns the use of rhetorical tactics by various industries in thwarting responsible public policy.
May 2007
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Mr. Silber argues that humint has proven even more valuable than sigint in detecting and thwarting homegrown threats—the fastest-growing category of militant Islamist terror.
How the NYPD Foiled the Post-9/11 Terror Plots
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Independent researchers are supposed to provide a counterbalance, thwarting the drug industry's tendency to turn research studies into marketing grist.
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The push of the main group of forces should be directed at exploiting success and thwarting the enemy's attempts to restore its defenses.
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Life as a spy is all glamour - women, alcohol, jetting around the globe for two hours before finally thwarting the enemy in the last ten minutes.
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The Conservatives, who won the votes of barely one in five Canadians in the federal election held October 14, are accusing the opposition parties of attempting a "putsch" and thwarting the will of the electorate.
Canada's "putsch": Oppose Conservative power-grab! No support to Liberal-NDP coalition!
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Then he creates a hyperkinetic rubber called flubber and suddenly he's thwarting villains, winning basketball games and saving his rinky-dinky college, as well as his love life.
Film Clips
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Twisted her other behind her back, all while avoiding the wriggling kicks and thwarting the clever maneuvers designed to slither out of even the tightest holds.
Earl of Durkness
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That case hinged on an interpretation of the Hobbs act, a 1946 law aimed at thwarting gangsters from extorting interstate truckers.
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Larger than life, he accompanied each step of my journey with moods to match - allegro, penseroso, adagio, furioso: his exuberance alternated with expressions of harshness and nervous fury at life's intransigent thwarting of his will.
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Assume, for a moment, that the French and the Germans aren't thwarting us out of pique, but by design, long-term design.
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The two hostages of the escape attempt received medals of valour and were credited by the local press for thwarting the escape.
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Yesterday's evening rains soaked the dirt enough to cause hundreds of nightcrawlers to surface, thus thwarting death by drowning in drenched soil.
Fun With Bait Collection
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Gerstler's poems highlight the problematics of written discourse, requiring yet thwarting the operations of both memory and understanding.
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Thwarting Chan and the girls in their endeavor to uncover the gold are roving bands of unaffiliated bad guys.
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The little man with the gloves and short sleeves had no sooner orchestrated something at one end than he was thwarting his opponents at the other.
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And among the political benefits of thwarting recovery is that, with big-sounding dollar amounts being borrowed by the government, the simple math from the perspective of many independents is that the Democrats are spending a lot of money and accomplishing very little in the process.
Jonathan Weiler: Stating the Obvious: Paul Ryan Doesn't Care About Deficits
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She may the only woman I know who is capable of thwarting biological destiny.
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One week he's thwarting kidnappers in Rome; the next he might be battling racketeers in London or teaching a spoiled heiress a lesson in the Spanish countryside.
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The little man with the gloves and short sleeves had no sooner orchestrated something at one end than he was thwarting his opponents at the other.
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Now he hopes the school can gain readmittance into the state system, effectively thwarting the desire of the county council to close it.
Parents wanting to start 'free schools' have great hopes of the new government
