All 5 Uses

hobbled
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Sweet Far Thing
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The doctor hobbles closer.†
Chpt 3

hobbles = walks with difficulty (due to injury or physical impediment) OR hinders (made the action or progress of something difficult)
The doctor hobbles ahead, leading us past other exhibitions: A painted Turk's head pushes fortunes out of its mechanical mouth; a snake dancer balances a giant serpent across her shoulders, undulating slowly as the beast coils and slithers; a man holding a stuffed bird trumpets the wonders of a traveling museum of natural history.†
Chpt 3
And with that, the old man hobbles away, as fast as he can.†
Chpt 3
Dr. Van Ripple emerges from the fog, hobbling quickly on his cane.†
Chpt 3 *
Chances are he's forgotten you, I'm sorry to say, and if he hasn't, we could have our dance and be back here again before he's hobbled to your side.†
Chpt 4

Definitions:

(1) (hobbled as in: she hobbled up the hill)
walked with difficulty (due to injury or physical impediment)

or:

hindered (made the action or progress of something difficult)
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Hobble originally referred to tying together two legs of horses or cattle, so they would not wander far away.