stymied
Example Sentences
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There he was stymied by the formidable governor-general of New France, the Comte de Frontenac, along with bad weather and smallpox.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Potential scientific breakthroughs could be stymied: in medicine, agriculture and even climate change adaptation.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
As Stahle sees it, stymied job seekers are showing in the numbers.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
Yet again, they found their voices stymied, their input limited to Post-it notes.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
He was initially stymied by the essays, which he tried to fire off as irreverent, impulsive e-mail messages.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
