Sentence examples for encumber him from inspiring English sources

Doubters encumber him: some, by his own magnanimous admission, say he is "too serious" and "fight[s] too hard".

Nor is this all, for while the maker of television documentaries has the means of recording with great precision what appears in front of his cameras, the very equipment that enables him to do this also encumbers him in his attempt to depict every situation truly.

In a letter to Chesterfield, Johnson expressed this view and harshly criticised Chesterfield, saying "Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?

"So we encumber their own art".

"You have too much life ahead to encumber your most important asset".

"Those matters now encumber your nomination and, if confirmed, your tenure".

These added elements can also encumber an already tortuously slow process, the critics say.

Check with her before doing anything; do not encumber her with unwanted aid.

He seemed unconcerned by the rituals of transference that can encumber a more formal sushi bar.

Asked why he had omitted Trinidad, he said that he feared it would "encumber the tribute".

"Let's not encumber future generations, 50 years down the line, with our mistakes".