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She knew that it was not so much physical as mental suffering which was retarding the girl’s progress, and yearned over her with a sympathy that was almost maternal in its depth.

From Big Game A Story for Girls by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

It was not the difficulty of drawing from the cast before her, but the difficulty of drawing at all, which was retarding her progress.

From Hide and Seek by Collins, Wilkie

I was obliged to do it myself, for the sail had filled aback, and it was retarding the progress of the raft.

From Down The River Buck Bradford and His Tyrants by Optic, Oliver

What I wanted was to see the race, the flight, and all this miserable manoeuvring was retarding it.

From An Open-Eyed Conspiracy; an Idyl of Saratoga by Howells, William Dean

The absence of routine, and naught else, was retarding his recovery.

From Mr. Prohack by Bennett, Arnold