Obstruct is an English word with synonyms like block or hinder. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Obstruct in a sentence
Related words
Obstruct meaning
- To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle.
- To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder.
- To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.
Synonyms of Obstruct
Using Obstruct
- The main meaning on this page is: To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. | To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder. | To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.
- Useful related words include: block, hinder, impede, occlude.
- In the example corpus, obstruct often appears in combinations such as: to obstruct, obstruct the, obstruct justice.
Context around Obstruct
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 11 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Obstruct
- In this selection, "obstruct" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, corruptly, sometimes, may, justice, property and resist stand out and add context to how "obstruct" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include attempt to obstruct an official and conspiracy to obstruct an official. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "obstruct" sits close to words such as accolade, accompaniment and artistry, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with obstruct
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
High-rise buildings may obstruct the airport flight path. (9 words)
Of course, cloud cover may further obstruct the phenomenon. (9 words)
If anybody tries to obstruct the eviction process, police help should be sought,тАЭ he said. (16 words)
On Thursday, Special Counsel filed additional charges against Trump in the classified documents case alleging that Trump asked a staffer to delete camera footage at his Mar-a-Lago estate to obstruct federal investigators. (34 words)
The indictment includes four felony charges against Trump: conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy against rights. (33 words)
Justice Department lawyers in the documents probe have said they have amassed evidence of potential crimes involving Trump’s retention of national defense information as well as potential efforts to obstruct their work. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
He wanted his trial on charges of mischief to obstruct property, disobeying a lawful court order and obstruct/resist a peace officer to be held in Brockville or North Bay instead.
The indictment accuses him of conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against voting rights.
The indictment includes four felony charges against Trump: conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy against rights.
According to authorities, Al-Jibory also attempted to corruptly obstruct, influence, and impede a federal grand jury proceeding, and a criminal proceeding before a judge and court of the United States.
According to NTF-WPS, the CCG and CMM “harassed, blocked, and executed dangerous maneuvers” on the Philippine vessels in an attempt to unlawfully impede or obstruct the RoRe mission.
Age-old socio-cultural beliefs and local dietary practices, which prevent women from consuming healthy food and sometimes obstruct the adoption of improved nutritional practices.
A third trial is scheduled for May 20, 2024 on federal charges in Florida, alleging thatillegally retained classified records after leaving the White House and tried to obstruct justice.
Evans, however, argued that the ball didn’t obstruct play, and Bley decided not to replay the point.
Finally, Trump is accused of seeking to obstruct the certification by Congress of Biden’s Electoral College victory on Jan.
He later pleaded guilty to two other counts ― one against the U.S. and the other conspiracy to obstruct justice — as part of his plea deal.
He would have not done so if it was his intent to willfully delay or obstruct the implementation of the search warrant.
High-rise buildings may obstruct the airport flight path.
If anybody tries to obstruct the eviction process, police help should be sought,тАЭ he said.
In July 2012, B.G. was sentenced to 14 years for possessing a firearm and one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice.
Institutional discrimination – including party officials and political consultants who may actively discourage or obstruct potential disabled candidates.
It will be interesting to see how he is treated on what he was trying to obstruct when it came to the American public.
I wrote to the Foreign Secretary more than 2 weeks ago asking him to withdraw his guidance to UK missions abroad to obstruct Scotland’s international work.
Justice Department lawyers in the documents probe have said they have amassed evidence of potential crimes involving Trump’s retention of national defense information as well as potential efforts to obstruct their work.
Of course, cloud cover may further obstruct the phenomenon.
On Thursday, Special Counsel filed additional charges against Trump in the classified documents case alleging that Trump asked a staffer to delete camera footage at his Mar-a-Lago estate to obstruct federal investigators.
Common combinations with obstruct
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to obstruct 101×
- obstruct the 65×
- obstruct justice 27×
- and obstruct 11×
- not obstruct 9×
- obstruct an 7×
- or obstruct 7×
- obstruct and 5×
- can obstruct 4×
- would obstruct 4×