Many Republicans argue that an investigation would leave the CIA feeling betrayed and hamstrung in its pursuit of terrorists.
The government talks up its eagerness for free enterprise, endearing it to the West, but entrepreneurs, especially from abroad, often feel hamstrung in what they are allowed to do—and so leave.
The project was hamstrung by lack of funds.
In the past, many teams have been too hamstrung by the salary cap to fully go after players.
He should abolish the Public Order and Security Act, a bedrock of repression that has hamstrung opposition, and strike down a media law that has stifled open discussion and dissent.
In the short run, American consumers are hamstrung by wage stagnation and rising unemployment.
Mr Geithner's own efficacy has been hamstrung by the fact he remains his department's only Senate-confirmed official: 17 other top Treasury jobs requiring Senate approval remain vacant.
Goblin tinkers thus hamstrung one of their creations just long enough for a survivor to spread the word.
The new supervisory authorities are also hamstrung.
英格蘭銀行行長莫文·金説，昨晚他是被高漲的能源和食品價格帶來的通脹壓力“廢掉（原文為hamstrung，譯者注）”。
General Li Tsung-jen, more democratic than most, was hamstrung by the generalissimo's distrust of him.
Why bother to negotiate with the Palestinians, some intelligence people may feel, when they can be constantly hamstrung by such trickery?
Mervyn King, the Bank Governor, said last night that he was "hamstrung" because soaring food and energy prices were exerting inflationary pressures.
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