cumber
Example Sentences
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The Russians knew that the cumber some mass of Russian arms could not roll far beyond Russia's borders.
From Time Magazine Archive
"He's on pretty thin ice sometimes," says Jack Ford, 23, the ardent skier and mountain cumber.
From Time Magazine Archive
The fads and frills that now cumber our school curriculum make little appeal to a teacher of character, culture and vision.
From Time Magazine Archive
“I can carry thee right well, as the good friar did. The harp and the crutches we shall strap on so they will not cumber us.”
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
This annoyed the girl, and she went so far as to say that it was not worth while to cumber the earth if one thought of nothing but one’s belly.
From The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere by Charles de Coster
