Example Sentences

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Even if it is impossible to fully assess a case before the trial reveals all the facts, said Mr. German, the former undercover F.B.I. agent, the revelations thus far have encumbered the prosecution’s task.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2022

That’s why dedicating time to Crawford’s spiral downward may have encumbered the momentum of “Feud” in its final three episodes.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2017

Had he done so, he would have encumbered himself with a direct responsibility for all of Statesman Stimson's future deeds or misdeeds at the Conference.

From Time Magazine Archive

Such a mass of facts and such a maze of interests would have encumbered and perplexed a more commonplace intellect, but Defoe handled them with experienced and buoyant ease.

From Daniel Defoe by Minto, William

The traps and implements which from time to time were taken westward, were not, as a matter of course, brought back, for that would have encumbered their animals to no purpose.

From Camp-fire and Wigwam by Ellis, Edward Sylvester