NOUN
- a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole
- a thwarting and distressing situation
VERB
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hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
His brother blocked him at every turn
How To Use stymy In A Sentence
- I mean, if the GOP wants to try to use pure rhetorical radar chaff to stymy Democratic bills, the Dems had better learn to respond by simply flinging it back at them. Election Central | Talking Points Memo | House GOPers Make Bid To Derail FISA Legislation
- NEW YORK (CNNMoney. com) - With rising unemployment stymying the president's economic revival plans, the Obama administration is huddling with business leaders, academics and other experts Thursday to find a way to jumpstart hiring. White House summit seeks ideas on creating jobs
- “British forces believe that, in many respects, their Afghan allies pose more of a challenge to their mission than the Taliban … It is the Afghan government that is now proving more of an obstacle to stability in an area where a mixture of official corruption, ineptitude and paranoia are stymying British efforts.” Cons Accept Manley Report, Now Up To Libs – Update « Unambiguously Ambidextrous
- He's a senator and she's a stewardess; indeed, he implied that she was stymying important business. Michael Wolff: Chuck Schumer Speaks for Me
- How can anyone trust David 'charlatan' Cameron and nick 'deceitful' Clegg again after they have systematically lied and pulled the wool over peoples eyes over the catastrophic and idealogical driven cuts that will stymy any hope if economic recovery and will hurt peoples living standards harder than at any time in Britain's history. The spotlight begins to shine on the coalition's flaws and faultlines | Andrew Rawnsley
- Still, in many respects the leverage combined with valuation-stymying complexity created by the credit derivatives layered on-top of the original asset securitization, rather than CDSs, is the larger regulatory problem: The Volokh Conspiracy » Outstanding Securitization Article by Kenneth E. Scott and John Taylor
- This could stymy Democrats' hopes to pass some last progressive legislation before the Republican tide rolls in. Mark Kirk Wins Illinois Senate Race, Defeating Democrat Alexi Giannoulias
- Don't ever allow the NObama administration to stymy your investigation. GOP Senator threatens Obama administration with subpoenas
- It was about time inflation kicked in, but some will question the unromantic decision to replace paper money with plastic debit cards, thus stymying those of us who like to hide a £500 note under the board to save for a rainy day, or chuck all our money in the air when we win. Monopoly Revolution predicted to be Christmas toy bestseller
- McCree recovered at the San Diego 22, stymying a lengthy drive begun with Kelvin Hayden's interception. USATODAY.com