Example Sentences

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But, eventually, families and jobs and the various other encumbrances of adult life conspire to pull you away.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 30, 2023

But do these prosthetic encumbrances feel more or less cheap when applied to someone like Charlie, who isn’t a violent caricature but a sympathetically drawn human being?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2022

It is, however, undeniably rich in crab flavor and so creamy it makes you forget for a moment about friction, gravity and other earthly encumbrances.

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2021

He provides a general warranty that the property is free of encumbrances or defects.

From Encyclopedia.com • Sep. 19, 2018

Apart from their helmets sad encumbrances and the difficulty of breathing, they had to be dressed in their suits by kind and careful aasatapls.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White