cumber

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

Therefore to cumber your epistles with quotations, similes, flowery language, and a stilted, pedantic style, is in bad taste.

From The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Hartley, Florence