hinder from
phrasal verb
hindered from; hindering from; hinders from
: to stop (someone) from (doing something)
Financial troubles hindered him from going on the trip.
Unfortunately, her ignorance has never hindered her from giving her opinion.
Examples of hinder from in a Sentence
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Or are African- Americans and Latinos hindered from financial prosperity because their homes are undervalued?
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 8 July 2024
The defense alleges the investigation was hindered from the start by a failure to treat the Albert house as a possible crime scene and a failure to treat the witnesses as possible persons of interest; two of the primary investigative team members also have personal links to the witnesses.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 3 July 2024
Last Call hones its focus on the many ways these murder investigations — which remained separate for years, due to jurisdictional issues and sub-par communication between law enforcement agencies — were hindered from the start by implicit and overt police bias.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 14 July 2023
Young, loose democracies are not nearly as hindered from making the changes that voters seek and taking the steps to make their nation more democratic and better governed.
—Ronn Pineo, Baltimore Sun, 2 Jan. 2024
And, third, because of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, they are hindered from bringing their claims to federal court.
—Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 8 July 2024
The defense alleges the investigation was hindered from the start by a failure to treat the Albert house as a possible crime scene and a failure to treat the witnesses as possible persons of interest; two of the primary investigative team members also have personal links to the witnesses.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 3 July 2024
Last Call hones its focus on the many ways these murder investigations — which remained separate for years, due to jurisdictional issues and sub-par communication between law enforcement agencies — were hindered from the start by implicit and overt police bias.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 14 July 2023
Young, loose democracies are not nearly as hindered from making the changes that voters seek and taking the steps to make their nation more democratic and better governed.
—Ronn Pineo, Baltimore Sun, 2 Jan. 2024
And, third, because of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, they are hindered from bringing their claims to federal court.
—Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
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“Hinder from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hinder%20from. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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