How to Use stymie in a Sentence

stymie

verb
Definition of stymienext
Synonyms for stymienext
  • Progress on the project has been stymied by lack of money.
  • The Ukrainians aim to stymie the Russians in the east and probe in the south in search of a breakthrough.
    — Matthew Luxmoore, WSJ, 28 Aug. 2022
  • That could stymie successful growth, or even lead to death.
    — WIRED, 31 Oct. 2022
  • How are those counties trying to stymie those projects?
    — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
  • And can the Niners' league-beating defense stymie any threat from the Falcons?
    — Chronicle Staff, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Oct. 2022
  • Those divides have largely stymied the push for Supreme Court reform to date.
    — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 23 July 2024
  • That was later stymied by the Bank of Canada's decision to raise rates.
    — WSJ, 7 June 2023
  • Alex Kennedy was able to stymie the Dragons by faking which side or which hitter the ball was going to.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2021
  • Patzer pushed for 15 years to jump-start the data collection process but said she was stymied by red tape.
    — Ben Tanen, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Caskey stymied a Heritage Christian rally in the fourth quarter with a layup, then put it to bed with back-to-back trips to the line.
    — Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Jan. 2024
  • What is Utah doing to prevent or stymie the size of that catastrophe?
    — Jeff Parrott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Dec. 2021
  • In pass protection, Sewell has the anchor to stymie power and the range to mirror speed rushers on the edge.
    — John Owning, Dallas News, 16 Apr. 2021
  • The Celtics didn’t make enough defensive adjustments and they were stymied by the 76ers zone defense in the second half.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2023
  • The search for long Covid treatments has been stymied by the lack of a biomarker, something that doctors can test for or measure.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 26 May 2023
  • Jackson-Davis’ presence inside — a new wrinkle to the matchup — could help stymie Sabonis at the rim.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Grant’s foul trouble helped stymie the Pistons’ upset bid.
    — Callie Caplan, Dallas News, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Some worry that a burst of inflation will lead the Fed to raise rates and thereby stymie the recovery.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 1 May 2021
  • Saline took its second drive down to the Brighton 23, but Evan Daily came up with a big third-down sack of Carr for a loss of 7 yards to stymie the scoring threat.
    — Brad Emons, Detroit Free Press, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Something has cropped up each week to stymie its momentum.
    — Steve Reaven, chicagotribune.com, 11 Sep. 2021
  • Macron — who faces a threat from the far right ahead of the presidential election next year — has used the bill to stymie divisive rhetoric.
    — NBC News, 29 Mar. 2021
  • Evers, meanwhile, faced the same GOP control, but the party used it to stymie many of his initiatives.
    — D.l. Davis, Journal Sentinel, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Moore testified that such treatments near Lake Tahoe helped stymie the spread of the Caldor fire last month, saving homes and lives.
    — Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Both offenses were stymied without points on either side in the first and third quarters.
    — Ledeai, Journal Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2023
  • In the decades since, plans for a two-state solution have repeatedly been stymied.
    — Matthew Mpoke Bigg, New York Times, 22 May 2024
  • While this number was thankfully far lower than the thousands who died in the 79 C.E. eruption, the event stymied the Games, which were moved to London.
    — Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Aug. 2024
  • The case has the potential to stymie future legal challenges to those efforts.
    — Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 27 June 2021
  • Gwynns Falls and Leakin parks (there’s a seamless connection between these two greenswards) stymied the highway builders 50-plus years ago.
    — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2024
  • Short worked himself into an 0-2 count, stymied by Patiño’s slider.
    — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2023
  • And some industry leaders decided the best way to stymie Gensler’s effort would be to throw their support behind Republicans.
    — Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Where many people may have been stymied by such adversity, Klein used it to create a model of transformation for business leaders.
    — Janine MacLachlan, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024

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