encumbering

Example Sentences

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Forbes reported on how the influx of returns has encumbering retailers since early 2021.

From Washington Times • Jun. 28, 2022

This can be an offer to hold any encumbering items — though not, presumably, the cane.

From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2021

None will likely feel the strain encumbering Matsuyama in the coming days.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2021

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

The right-of-way was for walking only, not for sitting in chairs and encumbering the earth with easels and general impedimenta of the fine arts.

From London Days A Book of Reminiscences by Warren, Arthur