- present participle of hinder.
hindering
Example Sentences
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While Europe is generally struggling in the car business, it’s the problems associated with China that’s hindering performance.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
All that fouling is hindering Brink’s development because it’s robbing her of important in-game reps — which she needs, foremost, to figure out how to stop fouling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
During the northern hemisphere summer, warm waters associated with El Nino can fuel hurricanes in the central and eastern Pacific, while hindering their development in the Atlantic Ocean.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
The legal challenge risks hindering a key part of the agreement, which Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said would help "restore order and control to our borders" when signing the deal in France last month.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
“You are hindering Nico. You try to persuade him to give up his goal. I would make him a lord!”
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
