incumbrance

Example Sentences

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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

Three cars back from the tender the coupling-pin was drawn out, as the load of passenger-cars would only have been an incumbrance.

From Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. by Pittenger, William

Although the house was free of incumbrance, yet there was no money with which to pay taxes, or to pay the household expenses, even if they lived on a more moderate scale.

From The Dorrance Domain by Wells, Carolyn

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)

The construction of those I have the honor of presenting to you is designed to obviate the difficulty by leaving the whole passage of the river clear of the incumbrance of piers...

From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett by Conway, Moncure Daniel