What is "stymied"

Usage examples of "stymied".

Supreme Court, Stidham found himself stymied with regard to his motion to retest certain physical evidence for DNA.

Neither of us had brought any of the multitudes of other projects we initiated to completion because we were stymied by convention and terrified of being what we perceived as ordinary.

Wicklow, and he told her tales of the conference and the people they met and what had gone well and what had been stymied as usual.

She would have to get permission from Sister Bates, of course, and Polly kept an eye on the clock while she cleaned up the toddlers after their breakfast, only to be stymied at the last minute by the abrupt departure of Sister from the ward.