At the foot of the path the copper man leaned down and tossed aside with ease the rocks that encumbered the way. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
Crumbles and breaks, th 'encumber'd lines must flow. From Wordnik.com. [The Rambler, sections 55-112 (1750-1751); from The Works of Samuel Johnson in Sixteen Volumes, Vol. IV] Reference
She would not encumber the life of a man who felt merely Pity for her. From Wordnik.com. [Swirling Waters] Reference
Let no traveller encumber himself or herself with a trunk on the Continent. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
Why art thou thus insatiable? why thus unreasonable? why encumber the world?. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Sayings of Epictetus] Reference
Sea Lion was 'neither to disturb nor encumber the operations of the Luftwaffe'. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Sea Lion]
Remnants of their rude but massive masonry still encumber in places the soil of. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
Empty vaporing bullyrooks and braggarts, they encumber the thoroughfares mainly. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851] Reference
I know that your business is extremely important and I will not encumber you in any way. From Wordnik.com. [Letters from the Asylum (1)] Reference
Secretaries for the baggage of erudition do not enhance poetic values, they encumber them. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets] Reference
The old men and children who might encumber them on their homeward journey were massacred. From Wordnik.com. [The Country of the Neutrals (As Far As Comprised in the County of Elgin), From Champlain to Talbot] Reference
Passengers who are constantly to make portages will not encumber themselves with what-nots. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862] Reference
The additions are not ungraceful, but they encumber somewhat the Attic neatness and simplicity of the original. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
That means that the named individual owns all rights to own, possess, convey, bequeath or encumber the property. From Wordnik.com. [Before going to settlement, learn the basics of all that legal mumbo jumbo] Reference
Because funeral processions are no longer permitted to encumber our streets, does the celestial spirit languish?. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Beatrice had but few preparations to make; a small parcel contained all with which she dared to encumber herself. From Wordnik.com. [Cord and Creese] Reference
K. MAYNARD: The legs are really just -- they encumber me to the point where I couldn't really move around with them. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 29, 2004] Reference
Annihilators, would be to encumber the men more than they are at present, with a very doubtful prospect of advantage. From Wordnik.com. [Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction] Reference
I could leave here to-morrow, but want to clear my columns of the vast crowd of refugees and negroes that encumber us. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Founded in 1971, Southwest was too young to encumber itself with many of the anachronistic pre-deregulation work rules. From Wordnik.com. [Wal-Mart Of The Sky] Reference
HUSBAND AND WIFE: Wife controls own earnings, but cannot sell or encumber her separate property without husband's consent. From Wordnik.com. [A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions.] Reference
The corruptions of mortality, which encumber and cloud the human intellect, hide it, as with a thick veil, from mortal eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Symbolism of Freemasonry] Reference
HUSBAND AND WIFE: Wife controls own earnings, but cannot convey or encumber her separate real estate without husband's consent. From Wordnik.com. [A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions.] Reference
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