- a variation of encumbrance.
incumbrance
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile Gussie had flapped to the open door and was engaged in ridding her own slippers of the incumbrance.
From Marjorie Dean, College Senior by Lester, Pauline
The increasing weight of the incumbrance but typified the growing heaviness of his heart.
From Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 by Brady, Cyrus Townsend
I assented to the lieutenant’s proposition, and in a few minutes more, the poop was cleared of the incumbrance.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael
His land groaned under the weight of a long neglected incumbrance and, like many of his neighbors, he was ready for another change.
From Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life by Herndon, William H.
I feel that I would be an incumbrance, rather than your co-worker.
From The Story of a Life by Ellis, J. Breckenridge (John Breckenridge)
