For the newly sighted, vision is pure sensation unencumbered by meaning. From LearnThat.org. [Annie Dillard]
Inherited an unencumbered estate. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Living an unencumbered life. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I lack her physicality, but more than make up for it in unencumbered motivation. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » 2008 » July : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
Can the tired modernist fiction that the direct experience of the object must remain unencumbered by the frame of context really still be operative?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference
Virtually allowing 19 of militants known to be in the US to board airliners unencumbered is not intelligence when even Israels Mossad knew of the plan. From Wordnik.com. [Candidate for C.I.A. Post Withdraws His Name - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
How pleased he was to show me something he could describe as unencumbered!. From Wordnik.com. [Whirligigs] Reference
"The worker" under capitalism is implicitly defined as unencumbered by any obligations other than those to the job, and work is usually organized on the basis of this assumption. From Wordnik.com. [Philip N. Cohen: Behind the Gendered Workplace] Reference
He owned more than 300 houses in this city, all unencumbered. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922] Reference
Once they understand this, they are unencumbered by mistakes. From Wordnik.com. ['Every Day Is A Gift, Isn't It?'] Reference
Hewson says of her husband that "he is unencumbered by practicalities.". From Wordnik.com. [Magatte Wade: How Bono Is Undermining African Entrepreneurs] Reference
Ali Hewson says of her husband that "he is unencumbered by practicalities.". From Wordnik.com. [We Are Working Hard to Build Our Business in Africa] Reference
The physical environment they have modeled for us is sleek and unencumbered. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Brenner: Modernism's Empty Empty Spaces] Reference
See, we are five unencumbered young men, each having some independent property. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
I would like the property neat, tidy and unencumbered, with a fortune in the bank for. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
But Google has instead backed an open format, unencumbered by royalties or patents, called WebM. From Wordnik.com. [H.264 Web video (sort of) free, Web-video future still unclear] Reference
Playing breeze-borne peek-a-boo from behind an unencumbered fence post, a bouquet of cut flowers. From Wordnik.com. [The Forsaken] Reference
It can be a divorcing parent who assumes their child's identity to start a new and unencumbered life. From Wordnik.com. [Diane Dimond: Thieves Target Your Children] Reference
Since Maggie is essentially a kitten-with-a-whip fantasy figure, she comes unencumbered by friends, a family, a past. From Wordnik.com. [Devil Or Charlie's Angel?] Reference
Create new banks with new fresh capital, unencumbered by toxic assets, headed by wise risk managers, but ready to lend. From Wordnik.com. [The 14th Banker: New Banks Needed] Reference
Also, it was unencumbered by much furniture and what there was so essentially fitted its place that it was unobtrusive. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker] Reference
Now the Appian Way is in length a journey of five days for an unencumbered traveller; for it extends from Rome to Capua. From Wordnik.com. [Procopius History of the Wars, Books V. and VI.] Reference
In those days, the rulers and tycoons made deals over lunch at the club, unencumbered by the noisy demands of democrats. From Wordnik.com. [Above All, Children, You Must Learn To Be Polite] Reference
Could he leave for the States completely unencumbered, discarding her in the same way John would eventually discard Keiko?. From Wordnik.com. [Relativity] Reference
To have passed in front of this team unencumbered and alone when the power was in motion would have been foolhardy; but with. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
To this end it is indispensable that its finances should be untrammeled and its resources as far as practicable unencumbered. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
Ms. Hewson confirms the account and says the wonderful thing about her husband is that "he is unencumbered by practicalities.". From Wordnik.com. [Out of Africa, Into Asia] Reference
She could not for a moment think of giving up if she expected to have a roof over her head that was unencumbered when she was old. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
As Wilder tried to tell his audience, it is an inescapable part of living in a country as big and free and unencumbered as this one. From Wordnik.com. [With Friends Like These] Reference
They should also be worried about the US economy, which – unencumbered by budget cuts – is on the brink of a double-dip recession. From Wordnik.com. [A brand of austerity about as progressive as Thatcher's] Reference
In case of danger, each corps commander should change this order of march, by having his advance and rear brigades unencumbered by wheels. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Young professionals are staying single longer, traveling and consuming more than ever before -- blissfully unencumbered by needy husbands. From Wordnik.com. [Women Warriors] Reference
The peasant's name was Lorenzo, and he appeared to lead a free life, totally unencumbered with avocation of any kind, save occasionally looking after. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
General Howard was in like manner ordered to keep his trains well to his right, and to have four divisions unencumbered, about six miles ahead of General. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
But what most astonished him was, that the road which had appeared formerly to be impassable for his camel should now present an even and unencumbered path. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
Throwing down his bow and quiver, that he might be entirely unencumbered, he approached the animal from behind, threw his arm around his neck and strangled him. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Tales of Fact and Fancy Myths and Legends of the Nations of the World Retold for Boys and Girls] Reference
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