incumbrance

Example Sentences

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That may be now a stifling incumbrance, which was once the only possible symbol of a living belief.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII by Various

I was even concocting some bold plan of getting rid of this incumbrance, when I felt Sebastian convulsively clutch my arm.

From Barbarossa and Other Tales by Heyse, Paul

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

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

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 Noyes, John Humphrey