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Example sentences for "frustrate"

Lexicographically close words:
frumenty; frump; frumpy; frunt; frustra; frustrated; frustrates; frustrating; frustration; frustrations
  1. Her policy was to frustrate her rivals, the Genoese.

  2. Both Governments, however, are now in accord in the belief that the question is not one that should be allowed to frustrate the ends of justice or to disturb the friendship between the two nations.

  3. Frustrate in war, now sends she forth her priests In peaceful gown to sap the manly hearts Her sword but manlier made.

  4. The Lake Narotch operation was possibly designed to frustrate a German attack on Riga, and it was only that preventive success that was achieved.

  5. By 1 October the Russian cavalry was again across the German frontier, and Hindenburg was called south to attempt in Poland to frustrate the Russian advance on Cracow which his turning movement in the north had failed to check.

  6. Possibly it was to frustrate these preparations that Haig reopened his campaign so early as he did.

  7. So the measures taken to frustrate the destiny proved the means of fulfilling it.

  8. Three different persons acting separately seek to frustrate a declared destiny, and their action unites in fulfilling it.

  9. But the supreme interest of the Oracular Action is reached when the oracle is fulfilled by an agency that has all the while set itself to oppose and frustrate it.

  10. And whoever of these Meccans shall have acted unjustly, on them likewise shall fall the evils which they shall have deserved;x neither shall they frustrate the divine vengeance.

  11. Think not that the unbelievers shall frustrate the designs of God on earth: and their abode hereafter shall be hell fire; a miserable journey shall it be thither!

  12. And we verily thought that we could by no means frustrate GOD in the earth, neither could we escape him by flight: wherefore, when we had heard the direction contained in the Koran, we believed therein.

  13. And whoever obeyeth not GOD'S preacher shall by no means frustrate God's vengeance on earth: neither shall he have any protectors besides him.

  14. Verily the infidels are laying a plot to frustrate my designs: but I will lay a plot for their ruin.

  15. They employ their utmost subtlety to oppose the truth; but their subtlety is apparent unto GOD, who is able to frustrate their designs; although their subtlety were so great, that the mountains might be moved thereby.

  16. Would you really murder me for fear I should tell, and frustrate your schemes?

  17. Forget not the capital end, and frustrate not the opportunity of once Living.

  18. They sought to use the rights and privileges they had obtained in the United Nations, to frustrate its purposes and cut down its powers as an effective agent of world progress and the keeper of the world's peace.

  19. We must not only deter aggression; we must also frustrate the effort of Communists to gain their goals by subversion.

  20. Hence, while the greater part of Pennsylvania itself were conforming themselves to the acts of excise, a few counties were resolved to frustrate them.

  21. Eighth, we must strengthen the ability of free nations everywhere to develop their independence and raise their standard of living, and thereby frustrate those who prey on poverty and chaos.

  22. Your indomitable bravery will suffice to frustrate the attempt to carry out their plans.

  23. Even a Spanish colonel for some occult reason sought to frustrate the peace negotiations by falsely reporting to General Primo de Rivera that Paterno was inciting the rebels to warfare.

  24. But personal interests and the sloth of the Government combined to frustrate the plan.

  25. Suppose he were to meet the two conspirators at the head of the stairs, or in the hall, or that the other traitor, Dannox, should appear to frustrate all.

  26. He agreed to linger in Edelweiss, knowing that each day would add pain to the torture he was already suffering, his sole object being, he convinced himself, to frustrate Gabriel's evil plans.

  27. If death alone were at work in St. Paul, it would frustrate his vocation; he would not be able to preach at all.

  28. When we take this passage as a whole, in its original bearings, one thing is plain: that want of love and confidence between the minister of the Gospel and those to whom he ministers has great power to frustrate the grace of God.

  29. They have no idea of the extent to which these forces frustrate the love of God in the Gospel, and rob men of their inheritance in Christ.

  30. Whenever he tried to be superior some external force of evil seemed to frustrate his effort.

  31. If he made a friend of Laurence Farley it would frustrate her in her undeveloped impulses.

  32. So now she smiled fiercely to herself, thinking: "One pair of eyes the less to look along a gun and frustrate the despairing dash for home and little ones of a terrified little mother rabbit.

  33. I know your moves," went on Aubrey quietly, "and it will be my business as well as my pleasure to frustrate them.

  34. Four great expeditions were planned by the English to frustrate the schemes of the enemy: against Fort Niagara, Crown Point on Lake Champlain, Fort Duquesne, and against the French in Nova Scotia.

  35. Elected a representative in 1766, Putnam was prepared to do all in his power to frustrate the intent of the Act; but, in common with his fellow citizens, was made happy by the news of its repeal.

  36. The French numbers were amply sufficient to frustrate any attack, but de Guichen, ordinarily a careful officer, had allowed his ships of war to be to leeward and ahead of the convoy.


  37. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "frustrate" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    aggravate; annul; arrest; avert; baffle; balk; blast; brave; break; buffer; cancel; challenge; check; checkmate; choke; circumvent; confound; confront; conquer; counter; counteract; counterbalance; countermand; countervail; cross; dash; daunt; deceive; defeat; defy; destroy; disappoint; discomfit; disconcert; discountenance; dish; disillusion; displease; disrupt; elude; evade; foil; forestall; frustrate; hamper; hinder; inhibit; interfere; invalidate; negate; negative; neutralize; nip; nullify; offset; oppose; outflank; outguess; outreach; outwit; overreach; perplex; preclude; prevent; prohibit; provoke; puzzle; redress; repress; resist; retard; ruin; sabotage; smear; spike; spoil; stultify; stump; tantalize; tease; thwart; undermine; undo; upset; vitiate; void; brave; break; buffer; cancel; challenge; check; checkmate; choke; circumvent; confound; confront; conquer; counter; counteract; counterbalance; countermand; countervail; cross; dash; daunt; deceive; defeat; defy; destroy; disappoint; discomfit; disconcert; discountenance; dish; disillusion; displease; disrupt; elude; evade; foil; forestall; frustrate; hamper; hinder; inhibit; interfere; invalidate; negate; negative; neutralize; nip; nullify; offset; oppose; outflank; outguess; outreach; outwit; overreach; perplex; preclude; prevent; prohibit; provoke; puzzle; redress; repress; resist; retard; ruin; sabotage; smear; spike; spoil; stultify; stump; tantalize; tease; thwart; undermine; undo; upset; vitiate; void