Example Sentences

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Corruption is often put forward as a serious hinderer of economic growth in South Africa, not just from the corporate sphere, but from organised labour as well.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2013

The experimenters wanted to know if the infants, unaffected and uninvolved bystanders, would cop an attitude toward the hinderer square.

From Salon • May 28, 2012

That is, when the experimenters gave the infants a chance to reach out and touch the figures, the infants showed a definite reluctance to reach for the hinderer square, as compared to the helper triangle.

From Salon • May 28, 2012

Who was bad?” they responded as adults would, identifying the helper as nice and the hinderer as mean.

From New York Times • May 5, 2010

He considers Christianity to have been a powerful agent of civilisation, not a hinderer or an enemy.

From The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth by Bury, J. B. (John Bagnell)