encumber
verb (used with object)
to impede or hinder; hamper.
encumbering
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present participleof encumber.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Forbes reported on how the influx of returns has encumbering retailers since early 2021.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 28, 2022
This can be an offer to hold any encumbering items — though not, presumably, the cane.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2021
None will likely feel the strain encumbering Matsuyama in the coming days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2021
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
Writing, as he did, at and for Paris, there was, indeed, no reason for thus encumbering his book; for in Paris the Veuve Cadart is always ready to supply all the wants of the etcher.
From A Treatise on Etching by Maxime Lalanne
