Example Sentences

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“You couldn’t get into City Hall without walking past the statue,” said Sheehan, a Democrat, who said budget problems and the pandemic had stymied earlier efforts to move the statue.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2023

She began as a “Today Girl” and eventually worked her way into a reporter’s job before the feminist movement eased the obstacles that had stymied so many women’s careers before the early 1960s.

From Slate • Dec. 31, 2022

The agency said that a focus on COVID-19 immunisation campaigns in 2021, as well as the economic slowdown and strain on healthcare systems, had stymied a quicker recovery for routine vaccinations.

From Reuters • Jul. 15, 2022

The Blues’ two goals came after Braden Holtby had stymied them for most of the contest.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 9, 2022

Now, however, each quarter of Chicago was insisting on a location within its own boundaries, and the squabbling had stymied the board.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson