How to Use stymie in a Sentence

stymie

verb
  • Progress on the project has been stymied by lack of money.
  • At first, the army was stymied.
    — Patrick Springer, Twin Cities, 26 Nov. 2025
  • That could stymie his bid for release.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Parents can stymie that growth.
    — Meagan Francis, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Jensen helped stymie a red-hot Phillies lineup.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
  • But the 33-year-old’s choice didn’t just stymie his record attempt.
    — Owen Clarke, Outside, 22 Oct. 2025
  • It is inspired by tradition but not stymied by it.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The Christian war council felt stymied.
    — Isaac Butler, New Yorker, 30 May 2026
  • But the Brewers were stymied by Skenes a night later.
    — ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Its plans to reduce child poverty have thus far been stymied by this conundrum.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Dixon claims that Reid continues to stymie her career.
    — Victoria Bekiempis, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2026
  • What’s stymied these efforts is politics.
    — David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The Senate has stymied the repeal attempts.
    — Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Imprudent decisions this time of year can stymie a franchise for a long time.
    — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 27 June 2026
  • The Royals turned to him to stymie offenses and snap a losing streak.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Later, the Royals bullpen combined to stymie the Twins.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
  • She was stymied by everything from email etiquette to how to enter a sick day into the system.
    — Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Waiting too long to place a cage can leave you stymied by a tangle of vines and anchor stakes can damage feeder roots.
    — Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Funding for research has been cut, canceled, disrupted, or stymied for months.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Many people feel stymied by social isolation.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The Americans got back on their toes and started to push the play again, but continued to be stymied.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Kolek relied on his affinity for groundballs to stymie the Tigers’ offense.
    — Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2025
  • New York had been able to stymie Nix for most of the game until the final 14 minutes.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Radhakrishnan mentioned a trust deficit that often seems to stymie further progress.
    — John Werner, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
  • Their presence has stymied some operations.
    — Daniel C. Vock, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
  • And repeatedly, those efforts were stymied.
    — Michael Tedder, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Sometimes even just updating devices would stymie people.
    — Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The 6-foot-4 muscleman’s career rise often was stymied by his poor defense.
    — Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Lawsuits, logistics and politics stymied the project to some degree during his first term.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2025
  • Hiring efforts, already stymied in part by still-high interest rates, have been largely shelved due to the unknowns.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025

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