Sentence example with the word 'frustrate'

frustrate

annul, bring to nothing, confound, dash, dish, get around, interrupt, obstruct, outwit, ruin, tease

Definition v. hinder or prevent

Last update: July 22, 2015


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The businessman tried to frustrate his partner by secret dealings.   [Please select]

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Constant failures frustrated him.   [Please select]

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Even without tying such conventions to gender bias it is clear that they facilitate certain modes of discourse and frustrate others.   [Please select]

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The nobility however left no means untried to frustrate the proposals of Caesar.   [Please select]

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In the first and second attempt to get on shore, the horse was frustrated by the nature of the ground, and nearly fell backwards on his rider.   [Please select]

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Without the custom-house, literary property does not exist, and the hopes of our starving authors are frustrated.   [Please select]

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Nature, however, which regards neither the majesty of kings nor the indignation of their subjects, made frustrate this unamiable design.   [Please select]

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"You are here, it seems, to frustrate our intentions; but I'm hanged if you shall criticise them too."'   [Please select]

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THEODORE PUREFOY: (In fishingcap and oilskin jacket) He employs a mechanical device to frustrate the sacred ends of nature.   [Please select]

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We were all prepared, and impatiently waiting an opportunity of putting our designs into execution, when they were frustrated by a sad and unforeseen event.   [Please select]

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Already had they succeeded in placing Mount Ossa on Olympus and Pelion on Ossa, when this impious project was frustrated by Apollo, who destroyed them with his arrows.   [Please select]

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