How can you use Stymie in a sentence?

stymie means to 'thwart, block or obstruct'. Examples of sentences using stymie:' U.S.despite its best efforts could not stymie North Korea from carrying out nuclear explosions."

I was stymied by the math equation.

I have decided to clean out my garage next week. - as a verb we are having a clean out at home on the weekend. - as a noun

Example sentence - I heated the water in the kettle to make tea.

When I prepare to write a speech, the idea summary will be found in the topic sentence.