cumber

Example Sentences

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The Russians knew that the cumber some mass of Russian arms could not roll far beyond Russia's borders.

From Time Magazine Archive

The fads and frills that now cumber our school curriculum make little appeal to a teacher of character, culture and vision.

From Time Magazine Archive

"He's on pretty thin ice sometimes," says Jack Ford, 23, the ardent skier and mountain cumber.

From Time Magazine Archive

“I can carry thee right well, as the good friar did. The harp and the crutches we shall strap on so they will not cumber us.”

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli

The master, though unwilling to cumber us with a passenger in such weather, was induced, out of pity for the poor destitute creature, to take her aboard.

From My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. by Miller, Hugh