Examples of 'stymie' in a sentence

Meaning of "stymie"

Stymie is a verb meaning to thwart, hinder, or impede
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  • A situation where an opponent's ball is directly in the way of one's own ball and the hole, on the putting green (abolished 1952).
  • An obstacle or obstruction.
  • To thwart or stump; to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck.
  • To bring into the position of, or impede by, a stymie.

How to use "stymie" in a sentence

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It has even tried to stymie my love life.
Stymie has to come home.
All because regulations stymie progress in this country.
Governments shuffle wealth and stymie it.
That no one wants to stymie or undermine that great movement.
The stigma surrounding suicide can sometimes stymie treatment.
The same way a stymie is an original part of the game.
You can help stymie.
Stymie his agenda.
But the weather would stymie their efforts.
This policy can stymie rural development and diminish poverty alleviation.
Questions that stymie action.
Lack of access can stymie your efforts to get involved in a particular martial art.
I have got an idea how we can stymie that grand jury.
Two fallacies stymie debate about water in central Asia.

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The proposals under the second approach could stymie innovation.
No lone shooter can end or even stymie the continuation of police brutality.
The lack of a narrative and absence of a new power base further stymie progress.
The ruling oligarchs will stymie all attempts at reform.
Uncle Stymie was the only Bundy to have died of natural causes.
We should not allow them to stymie our ability to mete justice.
Several things emerge from the efforts in both Iraq and Yemen to stymie a rebel force.
Yet this cooperation has failed to stymie the fusion of terrorist and criminal activity.
And the global food and financial crises threaten to stymie recent progress.
McGowan would later recall that Stymie was his favorite of all the Our Gang kids.
Stymie - an obsolete rule in the game of golf.
We do not want to stir up old grudges or stymie attempts at interfaith dialogue.
It 's the result of an increasingly successful effort by death penalty opponents to stymie executions.
Our chosen behaviors will either stymie or abet the network effect.
On the other hand, increasing rates slow inflation but can stymie growth.
Past offensives have so far failed to stymie the spread of jihadist violence.
However, she is concerned that limitations on the movement of capital could stymie innovation.
But rocky ground or heavy clay can stymie even the most powerful auger.
And when they get really happy about this, we go ahead and stymie them.
Davie Strath plays a stymie like an old woman.
When they get really happy about this, we stymie them.
New rules could stymie education FDI.
Furthermore, high infrastructural costs stymie growth.
In short, it will stymie legitimate dissent in our country.
Doctors prescribe rapamycin to battle kidney cancer and to stymie rejection of transplanted organs.
Can death really stymie a spirit that continues to be heard?
All panelists agreed that caps were more likely to stymie innovation that encourage it.
Sometimes, legislatures stymie the implementation of initiatives passed by voters.
Not knowing the right questions to ask can stymie the path towards help.
Additionally, this issue will stymie the continuation of the positive and growing cooperation and engagement.
Excessively burdensome and inappropriate legislation only serves to stymie economic growth and job creation.
Stymie could also offer sound, commonsense advice that helped resolve the dilemmas of his playmates.
Tunisia should ensure the countermilitant fight does not stymie its security sector reform process.
Stymie wanders off playing with a pet monkey and a toy lion, and sets off a burglar alarm.
The authorities want to put Stymie into an orphanage.

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