3 uses
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Definition
to prevent something
- Because she hated herself, she hated them all with the fury of the thwarted and humiliated love of sixteen.1.6 (75% in)
- But now she knew her feelings of that long-past night were those of a spoiled child thwarted of a toy.2.15 (2% in)
- Scarlett raged at both Frank and Mammy, then was reduced to begging and finally cried all one morning like a furious thwarted child.4.42 (9% in)
There are no more uses of "thwart" in Gone with the Wind.
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