IMPEDE in a Sentence
Learn IMPEDE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
Example sentences for IMPEDE, such as:
1. looked at her as if to ask whose way they were impeding.
2. A series of accidents impede the launching of the space shuttle.
3. Although he's shy, it certainly hasn't impeded his career in any way.
4. Owing to her baby, who somewhat impeded Thomasin's view forward and distracted her mind, she did at last lose the track.
2. A series of accidents impede the launching of the space shuttle.
3. Although he's shy, it certainly hasn't impeded his career in any way.
4. Owing to her baby, who somewhat impeded Thomasin's view forward and distracted her mind, she did at last lose the track.
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Meanings and Examples of IMPEDE
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impede
v. be a hindrance or obstacle to
v. block passage through
Classic Sentence:
1 Hatred, by a gradual and quiet process, will even be transformed to love, unless the change be impeded by a continually new irritation of the original feeling of hostility.
2 Owing to her baby, who somewhat impeded Thomasin's view forward and distracted her mind, she did at last lose the track.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 8 Rain, Darkness, and Anxious Wanderers
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 8 Rain, Darkness, and Anxious Wanderers
3 looked at her as if to ask whose way they were impeding.
Example Sentence:
1 A series of accidents impede the launching of the space shuttle.
2 Although he's shy, it certainly hasn't impeded his career in any way.