HINDRANCE in a Sentence
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26 example sentences for HINDRANCE, such as:
1. The cuttlefish is no hindrance.
2. Princess Varvara is no help, but a hindrance.
3. Having a car in the city might prove a hindrance.
4. You would be a hindrance to me, said Levin, trying to be cool.
5. It seemed to her that such principles could only be a hindrance in farm management.
2. Princess Varvara is no help, but a hindrance.
3. Having a car in the city might prove a hindrance.
4. You would be a hindrance to me, said Levin, trying to be cool.
5. It seemed to her that such principles could only be a hindrance in farm management.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of HINDRANCE
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hindrance
n. any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
n. the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding
Classic Sentence: (23 in 2 pages)
1 We both did what we had to do without any hindrance, and when we met again at one o'clock reported it done.
2 'Doen't fear me being any hindrance to you, I have no more to say, ma'am,' he remarked, as he moved towards the door.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 32. THE BEGINNING OF A LONG JOURNEY
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 32. THE BEGINNING OF A LONG JOURNEY
3 It seemed to her that such principles could only be a hindrance in farm management.
4 His own peasants put every hindrance they could in the way of this new arrangement, but it was carried out, and the first year the meadows had yielded a profit almost double.
5 The cuttlefish is no hindrance.
6 You would be a hindrance to me, said Levin, trying to be cool.
7 Princess Varvara is no help, but a hindrance.
8 "Youth is no hindrance to courage," muttered Sukhtelen in a failing voice.
9 Natasha apparently tried not to be a burden or a hindrance to anyone, but wanted nothing for herself.
10 Petya and Natasha on the contrary, far from helping their parents, were generally a nuisance and a hindrance to everyone.
11 This being the field marshal's frame of mind he was naturally regarded as merely a hindrance and obstacle to the impending war.
12 She attributed immense importance to all her husband's intellectual and abstract interests though she did not understand them, and she always dreaded being a hindrance to him in such matters.
13 I have already explained to you that what is out of the common is usually a guide rather than a hindrance.
14 The King may do what he will without hindrance from one whom he has cruelly wronged.
15 Pursuing these methods without hindrance, this man presently comes to be so powerful that private citizens begin to fear him, and the magistrates to treat him with respect.
Example Sentence:
1 Having a car in the city might prove a hindrance.
2 The greatest hindrance to recovery of this resource is the marginally favorable economic environment.
3 Stalled cars along the highway are a hindrance to traffic that tow trucks should remove without delay.