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Meanings of thwarting in English
Preventing realization or attainment of a desire.
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Usage of thwarting in English
1
Two minutes later Arsenal missed another one-on-one chance, Lössl thwarting Danny Welbeck.
2
They are wary of the party or security officials thwarting their plans.
3
We have substantial resources being put into investigating and thwarting these attacks.
4
They hate me now because I have been instrumental in thwarting them.
5
What will ever break these individual wills which are forever thwarting royalty?
6
How many know how wisely to direct these instincts without thwarting them?
7
Would it stand between them always, rivalling her, thwarting her every effort?
8
Gove said teaching unions on both sides of the Atlantic were thwarting reform.
9
The movement in Paris, so far from thwarting the court, favoured its views.
10
Half the town would almost take trouble for the sake of thwarting him.
11
I think sometimes he takes a vicious pleasure in thwarting me.
12
I have been careful in not thwarting your own good purposes.
13
Mars continued to perform his office, thwarting Parry's incidental mischief among the mortals.
14
The consequences of thwarting his imperious will were too formidable to be encountered.
15
You have aided in thwarting me; now you shall come to my call.
16
Fate seemed to be thwarting the plucky Italian at every step.
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Translations for thwarting
Portuguese
Catalan
Spanish
Thwarting through the time
Thwarting across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
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