Disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

To be curbed, stood up to, in a word thwarted, exercises the character, elasticates the spirit, makes it pliant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Two Kings Make a Winning Hand] Reference

In Bolivia, three foreign nationals were killed and two arrested in what the Bolivian government called a thwarted assassination plot on President Evo Morales.    From Wordnik.com.  [Democracy Now!] Reference

That article you link to is a bit disingenuous, making Gono out to be some kind of thwarted saviour.    From Wordnik.com.  [Weep for South Africa & Zimbabwe] Reference

Strange conjunction of John Berger and the business of a family channeling a kind of thwarted affection through a dog.    From Wordnik.com.  [FATHERS & SONS] Reference

TREXLER: Well, the alleged participation of Myisha is that she falsely gave information to police that kind of thwarted their investigation.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 25, 2007] Reference

The U.S. president talking about a new strategy for Iraq, while admitting that the U.S. efforts, at least this year, have been in his words, "thwarted".    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 20, 2006] Reference

She said subject teachers were being 'thwarted' and.    From Wordnik.com.  [EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL] Reference

The NSA claimed it "thwarted" the plot, according to the Hanyok article.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newsvine - Get Smarter Here] Reference

Any day the the Guardian Of Privliege party is "thwarted" is a good day for America (and Colorado).    From Wordnik.com.  [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference

All were thwarted by forces stronger than the bulls.    From Wordnik.com.  [A 'Sacrilege'--Or Just Bull?] Reference

The president had felt thwarted for most of Campaign 2000.    From Wordnik.com.  [What A Long, Strange Trip] Reference

Even the provincial media showed how government spin controls can be thwarted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Russia's Press Strikes Back] Reference

Yeltsin thwarted the communists 'final use of force during the coup last August.    From Wordnik.com.  [The End] Reference

The raft of copycat variations (the Papa virus, the Mad Cow virus) were also easily thwarted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Biting Back At The Wily Melissa] Reference

Burton tunneled into the crypt but, apparently thwarted by the debris, stopped burrowing and left.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tomb Of Brothers] Reference

STANDING ALONE IN THE BULLY PULPITThey are often thwarted by congress and blocked by the bureaucracy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Peso Bill's Bailout] Reference

But further development, Salter claims, was thwarted in part by the politicking of the nuclear industry.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sky High] Reference

The critics also complain that keeping the Sandinistas in power has thwarted political and economic reform.    From Wordnik.com.  [Swatted By Hurricane Jesse] Reference

These jihadi groups could actually be thwarted by a concerted, integrated police and intelligence operation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pakistan’s Second Front] Reference

Unless there's a climate change in Washington, the drive for a viable source of green energy may be thwarted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sugar Rush] Reference

The FBI, in other words, has just thwarted the most serious plot, by far, on U.S. soil in the last eight years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Homecoming] Reference

Islamic parties almost took power in Algeria in free elections last year, only to be thwarted by a military coup.    From Wordnik.com.  [Step Forward. Now Inch Back.] Reference

"We thwarted several similar attacks during the Loya Jirga," one security official known as Engineer Ali told NEWSWEEK.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rocket Attacks In Kabul] Reference

It could still be thwarted on site, however-an increasing possibility with the armed forces as factionalized as they now seem to be.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nuclear Codes And The Coup:Weapons In The Wrong H] Reference

The ruling emir has pushed for women's political rights for years; ironically, the democratically elected legislature has thwarted him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Equality, of a Sort] Reference

In fact Eurocrats are trying to take the precautionary principle out of the biotech debate, but could still be thwarted by politicians.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Battle Over Caution] Reference

But if anti-Japanese marchers feel thwarted by police, they could easily turn their anger against the government for kowtowing to Tokyo.    From Wordnik.com.  [ASIA: FURIES UNLEASHED] Reference

There is universal agreement within the intelligence community and the Department of Justice that our efforts have thwarted some attacks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Q&Amp;A: The State Of Security] Reference

Alas, any hopes for identical follow-up tests were thwarted: Shortly after the experiment, South Carolina outlawed video gambling parlors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Betting on a Cure] Reference

But if the hospital can employ strict infection-control measures-such as wearing gloves, gowns and masks -- trans-mission can be thwarted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Outbreak Of Fear] Reference

This kind of muscle doesn't guarantee business victories: congressional Democrats thwarted business interests in numerous votes last year.    From Wordnik.com.  [FACING THE POWERS THAT BE] Reference

Those efforts were thwarted by a rash of attacks by men in military uniform in late July, directed at several police stations, which left five dead and 15 wounded.    From Wordnik.com.  [Caribbean: Haitian Murder Mystery] Reference