Example sentences for: obstruct

How can you use “obstruct” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • 70," he wrote, "the jarrings of parties [in Congress], though they may sometimes obstruct salutary plans, yet often promote deliberation and circumspection, and serve to check excesses in the majority."

  • Don't obstruct good ideas just so you can win.

  • Under cover of his favorite literary device--temporarily being someone else--Safire was accusing the president of active involvement in an effort to obstruct justice--an impeachable, indictable offense.

  • But while I give Reagan credit for recognizing the value of working with Gorbachev and doing nothing to obstruct the changes that were occurring and that were quickly moving well beyond what Gorbachev himself wanted, I can see no basis on which to attribute the central role in this great historical event to him.

  • This was because this "impeachment trial requires the White House to argue two tough--even incredible--propositions: first, the president did not perjure himself and did not obstruct justice; second, that even if he did, perjury and obstruction are not grounds for impeachment if they are committed in the context of sex."


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