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

Recent Examples on the Web 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 29 Mar. 2024.

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