Example sentences for: obstructing

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

  • In response, Republican congressional leaders called for a massive U.S. air assault on Iraq if Saddam does not stop obstructing the inspections.

  • She was acquitted of obstructing Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's investigation (by refusing to testify against the Clintons) and got a mistrial on the remaining charges of criminal contempt because the jury was deadlocked.

  • Unable to distinguish his ego from his credo, he accused Clinton of obstructing justice by asserting executive privilege against Starr's investigation.

  • On Face the Nation , Chairman Fred Thompson fended off Bob Schieffer's suggestion that the president might be guilty of obstructing justice.

  • The paper claims that the most authoritative source on the common law known to those who wrote and ratified the Constitution includes in its list of "high misdemeanors" that can be committed by those serving the public trust, both "obstructing the execution of lawful process" and "willful and corrupt perjury."


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