The sea was temporarily thwarted.

Bill's plan to retire to Australia is temporarily thwarted when Albert dies the night before they are to leave.

The Minwanabi are temporarily thwarted, and we must use what time we have available to us to consolidate our position.

Temporarily thwarted, he scrambled back to a sitting position.

Perhaps by delving into past events, The Shadow could make up for a future that had been temporarily thwarted.

These plans are temporarily thwarted at the last moment, with Zeikfried being thrown through a dimensional rift in space when the three confront him.

Plus the assassins had not been stopped--they had only been thwarted temporarily.

This plot was temporarily thwarted by an energetic young officer, Captain Nathaniel Lyon.

The plan proposed by Number Five has been temporarily thwarted.

But it has been temporarily thwarted by a small coalition of animal lovers and residents worried about hunters firing rifles near homes.