encumbering

Example Sentences

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Those documents alleged that Lisa Marie Presley, Keough’s mother, had borrowed $3.8 million from the company and “gave a deed of trust encumbering Graceland as security.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2024

Global competition and “innovation” have often been cited as reasons to avoid encumbering tech companies with regulation.

From Slate • Dec. 28, 2023

Forbes reported on how the influx of returns has encumbering retailers since early 2021.

From Washington Times • Jun. 28, 2022

Personally, I blame the baggy white t-shirt Mickelson was wearing underneath his polo, the added weight encumbering his movement.

From Golf Digest • Mar. 25, 2020

Once more free from the encumbering companionship of Martin-Roget, Chauvelin felt free to breathe and to think.

From Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness