All 12 Uses of
hinder
in
The Fellowship of the Ring
- But this hindered them; for the grass was thick and tussocky, and the ground uneven, and the trees began to draw together into thickets.†
Chpt 1.3 *
- Since you have guessed so much, please help me and do not hinder me!†
Chpt 1.5
- They were still climbing gently, but they now went much quicker, and with better heart; for it seemed to them that the Forest had relented, and was going to let them pass unhindered after all.†
Chpt 1.6
- But Tom had an errand there, that he dared not hinder.†
Chpt 1.7
- Yet in some fashion they seemed to weave a single dance, neither hindering the other, in and out of the room, and round about the table; and with great speed food and vessels and lights were set in order.†
Chpt 1.7
- So refreshed and encouraged did they feel at the end of their supper (about three quarters of an hour's steady going, not hindered by unnecessary talk) that Frodo, Pippin, and Sam decided to join the company.†
Chpt 1.9
- Even if we are allowed to leave Bree unhindered, we can hardly hope now to leave it unnoticed.†
Chpt 1.10
- 'I do not know of anything else that could have hindered him, except the Enemy himself,' said Strider.†
Chpt 1.10
- We can bide our time, we can keep our thoughts in our hearts, deploring maybe evils done by the way, but approving the high and ultimate purpose: Knowledge, Rule, Order; all the things that we have so far striven in vain to accomplish, hindered rather than helped by our weak or idle friends.†
Chpt 2.2
- They heard my voice across the Nimrodel, and knew that I was one of their Northern kindred, and therefore they did not hinder our crossing; and afterwards they heard my song.†
Chpt 2.6
- For the Elves, I fear, it will prove at best a truce, in which they may pass to the Sea unhindered and leave the Middle-earth for ever.†
Chpt 2.6
- 'Now, Sam,' said Frodo, 'don't hinder me!†
Chpt 2.10
Definition:
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(hinder as in: hindered by) slow down or cause problems for