incumbrance

Example Sentences

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A sailor's life, however, is one of manifest risk, and in less than a twelvemonth Sarah M'Guffock was a young widow, without incumbrance, and with her rights to her just share of the captain's effects.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative by Various

Some, like the Fox, have even larger circumstances than they know what to do with, insomuch that they are rather a charge and incumbrance than of any true use and pleasure to them.

From ?sop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices. by ?sop

He is impossible, I know, and often an incumbrance, but he's always appealing and noble, and I love him dearly.”

From Royal Highness by Mann, Thomas

The ancient Greeks were very partial to long hair, considering it by far the more becoming; but the Egyptians regarded it as an incumbrance, shaved their heads, and substituted wigs.

From Self-Instructor in the Art of Hair Work Dressing Hair, Making Curls, Switches, Braids, and Hair Jewelry of Every Description. by Campbell, Mark

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