frustrate

The class was especially intrigued by recent molecular analysis of pottery, yet frustrated by the brevity of the studies done to date on the topic.

The delays would cause chaos and snarl traffic at checkpoints, frustrate orderly schedules, and make tempers short.

Such side-stepping will frustrate newcomers in search of elucidation, or at the very least a fuller picture.

The federal and state governments create cookie-cutter, one-size-fits-all solutions that frustrate rather than serve.

As a result, using the language of war may only serve to frustrate and mislead the public.

But deadlock in Congress, with the focus on debt instead of demand, continues to frustrate the recovery.

Your indomitable bravery will suffice to frustrate the attempt to carry out their plans.

Perrott, who wished to hunt out rather than pardon him, watched the ports so carefully as to frustrate many attempts at evasion.

Mussulmans took, of course, no precautions against it; for how could merely boiling the water frustrate the Will of Allah?

Did she, like the rest of them, suspect me of seeking to frustrate his suit by withholding his fortune?

It really looked as though they were aware of my presence, had divined my purpose, and were determined to frustrate it.