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IN THE WAY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Forming a hindrance, impediment, or obstruction
Example:
she might have succeeded in her ambition, had not circumstances been in her way
Synonyms:
in someone's way; in the way
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Context examples:
Often and often, her last-reserve force gone, I have seen her stretched flat on her back on the sand in the way she had of resting and recuperating.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Were death, or the fear of death, the only thing that stood in the way I would not shrink to die here, now, amidst the friends who love me.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
A few broken sentences had been all she was capable of in the way of a funeral service, and now her husband was compelled to half-carry her back to the cabin.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
“There are certainly grave difficulties in the way,” said he.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Well, every man had enemies, but Mr. Oldacre kept himself very much to himself, and only met people in the way of business.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
My morning’s work has not been wasted, since it has proved that he has the very strongest motives for standing in the way of anything of the sort.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Changes in the way cells make proteins might be a common cause of Parkinson’s disease and possibly other neurodegenerative disorders.
(Too much protein may kill brain cells as Parkinson’s progresses, NINDS)
There were two leaden crowns among the silver, but I would not for that stand in the way of his salvation.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But, perhaps—I may be equally in the way here.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
It is not for me, my dear Watson, to stand in the way of the official police force.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
