The partners were stymied last month in their efforts to reap a $90 million profit by selling the toll road to a nonprofit company.

Stymied in his efforts to record, he began producing his own records and then those of others.

As interest in online art has increased, artists have been stymied in their efforts to get paid for digital creations.

Because of this, prosecutors were stymied in their efforts to catch officers at the apartment.

He also stymied the press in its efforts to keep up with his accomplishments.

Our greatest challenge has been growth, and we've been stymied in our efforts.

Energy officials were also being stymied in their efforts to address security problems at the laboratories.

The administration has often been stymied in its efforts to pass major domestic initiatives in Congress.

Yet students are often stymied in their efforts to solve it, simply because they don't understand it fully, or even in part.

Thus far, investigators have been stymied in their efforts to obtain the cooperation of witnesses in China.