Wondering how to use Obstructionist in a sentence? Below are 8 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as resister or disputant.
Obstructionist meaning
- Someone who systematically obstructs the actions of others.
- Someone who attempts to impede the progress of legislation.
Synonyms of Obstructionist
Using Obstructionist
- The main meaning on this page is: Someone who systematically obstructs the actions of others. | Someone who systematically obstructs the actions of others. | Someone who attempts to impede the progress of legislation.
- Useful related words include: obstructor, obstructer, resister, thwarter.
Context around Obstructionist
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 6 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Obstructionist
- In this selection, "obstructionist" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, leftist, expert, useless, strategy, tactics and bandwagon stand out and add context to how "obstructionist" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a useless obstructionist hack counts and an expert obstructionist and an. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "obstructionist" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with obstructionist
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Simply being a useless obstructionist hack counts as winning to those idiots. (12 words)
Tim Eyman is an expert obstructionist and an expert at Washington’s statewide initiative system. (15 words)
He insinuated that he did not want to reward the opposing party that he's repeatedly called obstructionist. (18 words)
Clearly, there has been some backroom dealing going on, possibly in an effort to get Democrats to end their obstructionist tactics that have effectively slowed the judicial confirmation process to a crawl. (32 words)
Pronouncing its verdict on the ongoing tussle between the Centre and the elected Delhi Government, the apex court said that the LG’s role cannot be obstructionist. (27 words)
Her own district is crumbling in every shape and form, yet she’s on the leftist obstructionist bandwagon for a few sound bites of attention. (25 words)
Example sentences (8)
Now, frustrated EU officials are trying to determine what Orbán seeks to achieve with his obstructionist strategy, and how they might overcome it.
Clearly, there has been some backroom dealing going on, possibly in an effort to get Democrats to end their obstructionist tactics that have effectively slowed the judicial confirmation process to a crawl.
Her own district is crumbling in every shape and form, yet she’s on the leftist obstructionist bandwagon for a few sound bites of attention.
One particularly fascinating aspect of the report was Trump appeared to wade into obstructionist behavior before being stopped by a subordinate.
Tim Eyman is an expert obstructionist and an expert at Washington’s statewide initiative system.
He insinuated that he did not want to reward the opposing party that he's repeatedly called obstructionist.
Pronouncing its verdict on the ongoing tussle between the Centre and the elected Delhi Government, the apex court said that the LG’s role cannot be obstructionist.
Simply being a useless obstructionist hack counts as winning to those idiots.