incumbrance
Example Sentences
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I assented to the lieutenant’s proposition, and in a few minutes more, the poop was cleared of the incumbrance.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Raphael Semmes
There is, I think, nothing which I so much dread, as the thought of being an unprofitable Missionary, an incumbrance to the society and to the church.
From The Baptist Magazine, Vol. 27, 1835 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
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 Mark Campbell
We have added eighty acres to our land, making one thousand six hundred and thirty-three acres free of incumbrance.
From History of American Socialisms by John Humphrey Noyes
