incumbrance

Example Sentences

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The increasing weight of the incumbrance but typified the growing heaviness of his heart.

From Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 by Brady, Cyrus Townsend

The next incumbrance of which he relieved himself came from that same breast-pocket; but it was less easily placed elsewhere—so much less that the whistling was dropped altogether, and, instead of smiling, Mr. Miles frowned.

From At Large by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)

Meanwhile Gussie had flapped to the open door and was engaged in ridding her own slippers of the incumbrance.

From Marjorie Dean, College Senior by Lester, Pauline

A red-headed boy, the natural incumbrance of the woman with the novel, snorted over his plate, and the old woman set her teeth on edge and looked hard at him.

From A Yankee from the West A Novel by Read, Opie Percival

Although the house was free of incumbrance, yet there was no money with which to pay taxes, or to pay the household expenses, even if they lived on a more moderate scale.

From The Dorrance Domain by Wells, Carolyn