incumbrance

Example Sentences

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The children were also fond of this scene; and one day finding Saï’s presence an incumbrance, they united their efforts and pulled him down by the tail.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various

There is, I think, nothing which I so much dread, as the thought of being an unprofitable Missionary, an incumbrance to the society and to the church.

From The Baptist Magazine, Vol. 27, 1835 by Various

Say that you wish the will to be canceled, and your grandson to come into his inheritance without incumbrance.

From Faithful Margaret A Novel by Ashmore, Annie

A red-headed boy, the natural incumbrance of the woman with the novel, snorted over his plate, and the old woman set her teeth on edge and looked hard at him.

From A Yankee from the West A Novel by Read, Opie Percival

The aquatic soldiers may be seen towing along shells of the most disproportionate size; but their relatives, who travel over the hills by moonlight, know that all unnecessary incumbrance of weight should be avoided.

From Rambles of a Naturalist by Godman, John D.