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Example sentences for: stymied

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Had the Baldwin patriarch lived longer, many speculate, the brothers wouldn't have taken up acting . According to this theory, Alexander was adamant that they become lawyers, and his objections would have stymied their careers.
It used to be that the Cold War stymied the United Nations.
(Addicts Shakur and Tim Roth want to kick their habit but are stymied by unhelpful social-service workers.)
And double oops--one of the stymied guests was a member of the U.S.
I am interested in what Safire has to say about language but find myself stymied: I get the feeling that he has deliberately created a minefield of interruptions in thought through which I must pick my way to the end.