encumbering
- present participle of encumber.
Example Sentences
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Global competition and “innovation” have often been cited as reasons to avoid encumbering tech companies with regulation.
From Slate ● Dec. 28, 2023
Forbes reported on how the influx of returns has encumbering retailers since early 2021.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 28, 2022
Personally, I blame the baggy white t-shirt Mickelson was wearing underneath his polo, the added weight encumbering his movement.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 25, 2020
Paintings and sculptures have been given without the encumbering restrictions sometimes demanded by private collectors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2020
With a vicious kick at the encumbering and undignified table-cover, Mr. Sparrow, green with passion, advanced upon his supposed traducer, who backed away in a composite attitude of protest, authority, and apprehension.
From A Poached Peerage by Magnay, William
