have hamstrung
- present perfect of hamstring.
Example Sentences
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The conditions have hamstrung one of the nation’s busiest and most vital waterways and jeopardized drinking water systems.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
The government hopes to solve the supply constraints that have hamstrung the vaccination effort with new production lines as well as the approval of a new homemade vaccine and another in the pipeline.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2021
Supply chain problems caused by the pandemic have hamstrung builders, who have faced material shortages and inflated prices.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 15, 2021
We have hamstrung prescribed fire efforts with laws restricting the amount of particulate that can deliberately be introduced into an airshed.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 3, 2021
The heedless ones have hamstrung Thy white She-Camel, and caused Thy Crimson Ark to founder, and wished to put out Thy Light, and to veil the face of Thy Cause.
From Epistle to the Son of the Wolf by Bahá'u'lláh