encumbrances

Example Sentences

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But, eventually, families and jobs and the various other encumbrances of adult life conspire to pull you away.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 30, 2023

But do these prosthetic encumbrances feel more or less cheap when applied to someone like Charlie, who isn’t a violent caricature but a sympathetically drawn human being?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2022

The grantor testifies that the real estate is free and clear from any encumbrances or defects.

From Encyclopedia.com • Sep. 19, 2018

You informed and engaged young people, wildly underrepresented in government at all levels, have an even more obvious claim to outsider status than older folks, not to mention fewer encumbrances.

From Slate • Jan. 16, 2017

Apart from their helmets sad encumbrances and the difficulty of breathing, they had to be dressed in their suits by kind and careful aasatapls.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White