How to Use stymie in a Sentence

stymie

verb
  • Progress on the project has been stymied by lack of money.
  • At first, the army was stymied.
    — Patrick Springer, Twin Cities, 26 Nov. 2025
  • That could stymie his bid for release.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Parents can stymie that growth.
    — Meagan Francis, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Jensen helped stymie a red-hot Phillies lineup.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
  • But the 33-year-old’s choice didn’t just stymie his record attempt.
    — Owen Clarke, Outside, 22 Oct. 2025
  • It is inspired by tradition but not stymied by it.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Long-term loss of that ethos could stymie Chicago’s tech startup scene.
    — Ally Marotti, chicagotribune.com, 20 Aug. 2020
  • The Christian war council felt stymied.
    — Isaac Butler, New Yorker, 30 May 2026
  • But the Brewers were stymied by Skenes a night later.
    — ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Its plans to reduce child poverty have thus far been stymied by this conundrum.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Health officials are urging for those who can stay home to do so, to help stymie the spread of the virus.
    — USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2020
  • Running for his life most of the game, Hurts was largely stymied on the ground and through the air.
    — Arkansas Online, 30 Dec. 2019
  • Dixon claims that Reid continues to stymie her career.
    — Victoria Bekiempis, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Those who have tried to do so have been stymied by the continent’s negative terms of trade.
    — W. Gyude Moore, semafor.com, 2 July 2026
  • But what if two of the most profound challenges stymieing businesses can be solved in one fell swoop?
    — Marc Zao-Sanders, Quartz at Work, 1 Nov. 2019
  • What’s stymied these efforts is politics.
    — David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2025
  • What is Utah doing to prevent or stymie the size of that catastrophe?
    — Jeff Parrott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Dec. 2021
  • The Senate has stymied the repeal attempts.
    — Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Imprudent decisions this time of year can stymie a franchise for a long time.
    — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 27 June 2026
  • The Royals turned to him to stymie offenses and snap a losing streak.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
  • But making further headway is stymied by the nature of the problem.
    — Jon Marcus, star-telegram, 7 July 2018
  • Those divides have largely stymied the push for Supreme Court reform to date.
    — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 23 July 2024
  • Patzer pushed for 15 years to jump-start the data collection process but said she was stymied by red tape.
    — Ben Tanen, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
  • His goals of swift withdrawals in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan have been stymied.
    — Jill Colvin, The Denver Post, 7 Oct. 2019
  • Later, the Royals bullpen combined to stymie the Twins.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
  • She was stymied by everything from email etiquette to how to enter a sick day into the system.
    — Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Waiting too long to place a cage can leave you stymied by a tangle of vines and anchor stakes can damage feeder roots.
    — Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Funding for research has been cut, canceled, disrupted, or stymied for months.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Many people feel stymied by social isolation.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025

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