All 29 Uses of
hinder
in
War and Peace
- The hussars had succeeded in setting it on fire and the French batteries were now firing at them, no longer to hinder them but because the guns were trained and there was someone to fire at.†
Chpt 2
- Why are you hindering us?†
Chpt 3 *
- Vera's remark was correct, as her remarks always were, but, like most of her observations, it made everyone feel uncomfortable, not only Sonya, Nicholas, and Natasha, but even the old countess, who—dreading this love affair which might hinder Nicholas from making a brilliant match—blushed like a girl.†
Chpt 4
- The whole expression of his face told her that he had not forgotten the morning's talk, that his decision remained in force, and only the presence of visitors hindered his speaking of it to her now.†
Chpt 8
- This melancholy, which did not prevent her amusing herself, did not hinder the young people who came to her house from passing the time pleasantly.†
Chpt 8
- Then he went on to say that he knew her parents would not give her to him—for this there were secret reasons he could reveal only to her—but that if she loved him she need only say the word yes, and no human power could hinder their bliss.†
Chpt 8
- Did I hinder you?†
Chpt 8
- Who hindered his coming to the house?†
Chpt 8
- He had long been thinking of entering the army and would have done so had he not been hindered, first, by his membership of the Society of Freemasons to which he was bound by oath and which preached perpetual peace and the abolition of war, and secondly, by the fact that when he saw the great mass of Muscovites who had donned uniform and were talking patriotism, he somehow felt ashamed to take the step.†
Chpt 9
- Not only did no one see this, but on the Russian side every effort was made to hinder the only thing that could save Russia, while on the French side, despite Napoleon's experience and so-called military genius, every effort was directed to pushing on to Moscow at the end of the summer, that is, to doing the very thing that was bound to lead to destruction.†
Chpt 10
- He is gone and no one will hinder you," she said to herself, and sinking into a chair she let her head fall on the window sill.†
Chpt 10
- He will not hinder anything useful nor allow anything harmful.†
Chpt 10
- The fact is that those men with whom you have ridden round the position not only do not help matters, but hinder.†
Chpt 10
- Let life go on in it unhindered and let it defend itself, it will do more than if you paralyze it by encumbering it with remedies.†
Chpt 10
- Napoleon did not notice that in regard to his army he was playing the part of a doctor who hinders by his medicines—a role he so justly understood and condemned.†
Chpt 10
- Am I hindering anyone?" she said, not surrendering at once.†
Chpt 11
- Black robber bees are swiftly and stealthily prowling about the combs, and the short home bees, shriveled and listless as if they were old, creep slowly about without trying to hinder the robbers, having lost all motive and all sense of life.†
Chpt 11
- And even had he not been hindered by anything on the way, his intention could not now have been carried out, for Napoleon had passed the Arbat more than four hours previously on his way from the Dorogomilov suburb to the Kremlin, and was now sitting in a very gloomy frame of mind in a royal study in the Kremlin, giving detailed and exact orders as to measures to be taken immediately to extinguish the fire, to prevent looting, and to reassure the inhabitants.†
Chpt 11
- No one hindered him.†
Chpt 12
- Love hinders death.†
Chpt 12
- Several churches of different denominations are open, and divine service is performed in them unhindered.†
Chpt 13
- (2) Such supplies will be bought from them at such prices as seller and buyer may agree on, and if a seller is unable to obtain a fair price he will be free to take his goods back to his village and no one may hinder him under any pretense.†
Chpt 13
- The man who does not understand the construction of the machine cannot conceive that the small connecting cogwheel which revolves quietly is one of the most essential parts of the machine, and not the shaving which merely harms and hinders the working.†
Chpt 13
- Besides, I want to go very much and certainly will go, so don't hinder me," said he.†
Chpt 14
- The explanation of this strange fact given by Russian military historians (to the effect that Kutuzov hindered an attack) is unfounded, for we know that he could not restrain the troops from attacking at Vyazma and Tarutino.†
Chpt 14
- Everything: a carriage passing rapidly in the street, a summons to dinner, the maid's inquiry what dress to prepare, or worse still any word of insincere or feeble sympathy, seemed an insult, painfully irritated the wound, interrupting that necessary quiet in which they both tried to listen to the stern and dreadful choir that still resounded in their imagination, and hindered their gazing into those mysterious limitless vistas that for an instant had opened out before them.†
Chpt 15
- He glanced once at the companion's face, saw her attentive and kindly gaze fixed on him, and, as often happens when one is talking, felt somehow that this companion in the black dress was a good, kind, excellent creature who would not hinder his conversing freely with Princess Mary.†
Chpt 15
- Besides this feeling which absorbed her altogether and hindered her from following the details of her husband's plans, thoughts that had no connection with what he was saying flitted through her mind.†
Chpt 15
- Postulating some generalization as the goal of the movement of humanity, the historians study the men of whom the greatest number of monuments have remained: kings, ministers, generals, authors, reformers, popes, and journalists, to the extent to which in their opinion these persons have promoted or hindered that abstraction.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(hinder as in: hindered by) slow down or cause problems for