thwart
verb (used with object)
to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
is thwarting
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present progressiveof thwart (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But the county is thwarting the legal orders, according to Bert Deixler, former special counsel to the Civilian Oversight Commission.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2025
What may appear to be an evolutionary mismatch could, on closer reflection, be an indication that the society is thwarting someone’s personal goal.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 2, 2019
Zeisler, a co-founder of Bitch magazine, has worried for two decades that popular culture is thwarting, trashing or ignoring feminism.
From Washington Post ● May 5, 2016
Any hint that the CIA is thwarting Congress is likely to unite members who can agree on nothing else.
From Economist ● Mar. 13, 2014
If any other life did but seem appointed for me, but one cannot tell what is thwarting providential leading, and if this be as good a man as—What would Ethel say?
From The Daisy chain, or Aspirations by Charlotte Mary Yonge
