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The word “thwarting” in literature often evokes the idea of forcefully impeding progress or obstructing intent, whether from external factors like fate and divine will [1][2][3] or from deliberate human action [4][5][6]. It is used to capture the tension between a character’s desire or destiny and the obstacles set by adversaries or even by the character themselves, as seen in cases where thwarting underscores both personal conflicts and broader societal or political struggles [7][8][9]. Such usage enriches narratives by emphasizing the interplay of power, resistance, and the challenge of overcoming forces that resist change or fulfillment [10][11].
  1. A singular instance of fate thwarting intention is found in the situation of the Capitol.
    — from With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2
  2. Perhaps it was just a thwarting of His purpose by the Power of Evil.
    — from Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. Montgomery
  3. Was he sure, after all, that he was not thwarting the design of God?
    — from The Apostles by Ernest Renan
  4. When Daoud came to Manfred asking for help in thwarting the Tartar alliance, Manfred sent me along to Orvieto to help him.
    — from The Saracen: The Holy War by Robert Shea
  5. You have aided in thwarting me; now you shall come to my call.
    — from Dracula by Bram Stoker
  6. This last thwarting of his plans, however, was almost too much for Hugo!
    — from Troubadour Tales by Evaleen Stein
  7. I speak bitterly of Western civilization [Pg 110] when I am conscious that it is betraying its trust and thwarting its own purpose.
    — from Nationalism by Rabindranath Tagore
  8. Half the town would almost take trouble for the sake of thwarting him.
    — from Middlemarch by George Eliot
  9. Pitt despaired of thwarting these dilatory tactics, backed by wealth and influence from all quarters.
    — from William Pitt and the Great War by J. Holland (John Holland) Rose
  10. It expressed, plainer than words could do, the intensest anguish at having made himself the instrument of thwarting his own revenge.
    — from Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
  11. Pericles Is now again thwarting the wayward seas Attended on by many a lord and knight, To see his daughter, all his life’s delight.
    — from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

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