Example Sentences:

Ramayana:  Rama’s plans to search for Sita were stymied by the event of the rainy season with its unusually heavy rains. 

Mahabharata:  Knowing that his efforts to gain a good archery education would be stymied by his low birth, Karna told Parshurama that he was born in a brahmana family.

Bhagavad-gita:  Our efforts to grow spiritually are stymied by our material attachments which won’t go away till we determinedly and steadily turn away from them.