Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome.
1
Few of the trees near the beach are free from such encumbrances.
2
These men of the spike, the peg, and the street, are encumbrances.
3
The others on board were not to be counted, except as encumbrances.
4
The land was not merely encumbered; it was the sum of its encumbrances.
5
She saw the odd encumbrances of tentacles spill from his midriff.
6
Even with these encumbrances, I had a lot of fun with the game.
7
The dogs, instead of aiding them, were rapidly becoming mere encumbrances.
8
How could she venture to go to him with such encumbrances?
9
Had I to recommence without those encumbrances, I would try my fortune yonder.
10
Stay not to make provision for yourself, but travel without encumbrances.
11
As they had no other encumbrances than their muskets, they soon distanced us.
12
Are there any encumbrances on the property-anymortgages or liens not yet recorded?
13
In order to cure the man, we must free the cell of its encumbrances.
14
Likewise, the life force cannot act perfectly in a body filled with morbid encumbrances.
15
The servants were the next encumbrances to get rid of.
16
Hence he has several heavy encumbrances in his official family.
