- plural of encumbrance.
encumbrances
Example Sentences
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On the defensive side, Carson Soucy was allowed to sign for three years in Vancouver, with the Kraken balking at going more than two because they didn’t want long-term encumbrances blocking Evans.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2024
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
This entity might do so free from the encumbrances of inflamed popular sentiment and the scourge of corrosive dark money, and could perhaps even use actual statistics—data the U.S.
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 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
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