stymied
Example Sentences
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Wildlife experts responding to the tour’s report set out on boats to try to remove the net, but were stymied by choppy waters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
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
Interviews with victims in the hospital were brief and stymied by officials who repeatedly bounced AFP journalists between different offices to seek approval.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Potential scientific breakthroughs could be stymied: in medicine, agriculture and even climate change adaptation.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
But she was stymied when she tried to recall the urgency of that moment, the grain of the feeling that possessed her.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
