Sample Sentences forhindrance (auto-selected)
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To a man on foot, stairs are a hindrance.† (source)
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His lawyer, Wade Lanier, was far more experienced, and, frankly, was worried that Rush would be a hindrance at trial.† (source)
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Centuries later, when I was in my satyr period, I felt that I finally understood poor don Balthazar's priapic compulsions, but in those days it was mostly a hindrance to keeping young girls on the estate's staff.† (source)
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The cam allows the jumar to slide upward without hindrance, but it pinches the rope securely when the device is weighted.† (source)
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She had learned not to argue with Mrs. Whitshank, who was a force of nature when it came to cooking and would only find Abby a hindrance.† (source)
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As the minuteness of the parts formed a great hindrance to my speed, I resolved, contrary to my first intention, to make the being of a gigantic stature, that is to say, about eight feet in height, and proportionably large.† (source)
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I dangers dared; I hindrance scorned I omens did defy: Whatever menaced, harassed, warned, I passed impetuous by.† (source)
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He had outgrown hindrances faster than the H—G men could think them up.† (source)
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I own that my heart began to fail me when the time for action came so close, but I did not say anything, for I had a greater fear that if I appeared as a drag or a hindrance to their work, they might even leave me out of their counsels altogether.† (source)
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Everyone was too busy with their own affairs to help her, and the little girls were only hindrances, for the dears fussed and chattered like so many magpies, making a great deal of confusion in their artless efforts to preserve the most perfect order.† (source)
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The long gap in their communications proved no hindrance at all.† (source)
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It is impiety even to place hindrances in their ways.† (source)
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"Actually, I think it could be a hindrance," Langan replied.† (source)
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Physical courage and the love of battle, for instance, are no great help—may even be hindrances—to a civilized man.† (source)
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But how long, Oedipa thought, could it go on before collisions became a serious hindrance?† (source)
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Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.† (source)
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