- present participle of encumber.
encumbering
Example Sentences
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Those documents alleged that Lisa Marie Presley, Keough’s mother, had borrowed $3.8 million from the company and “gave a deed of trust encumbering Graceland as security.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2024
Forbes reported on how the influx of returns has encumbering retailers since early 2021.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 28, 2022
Personally, I blame the baggy white t-shirt Mickelson was wearing underneath his polo, the added weight encumbering his movement.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 25, 2020
“They are able to borrow things from each other’s labs and use discoveries without compromising or encumbering their intellectual property.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2016
The married couple had some scruples about taking charge of the gold, although they had none in regard to encumbering themselves with the child!
From Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone by Charles A. Beach
