Sentence examples for encumbered to from inspiring English sources

I don't think that most of us who are trying to write music today think from moment to moment, "Is this serial, is this tonal?" We can't work with those reference points or we would be too encumbered to move on.

As a cheerful young man carrying three full grocery bags plus a wiggly toddler passes through the lobby, a neighbor calls, "Hey, I saw you on 'Law and Order' last night!" Too encumbered to lift a hand or even turn his head, the young man turns once completely around and beams.

He dismissed concern of a so-called heckler's veto -- in which Iran, fattened by sanctions relief, might feel encumbered to walk away from the agreement if the U.S. were to go after it for activities like regional destabilization and terrorist sponsorship.

In addition, an interior set constructed to represent the catacombs under the Kindred's barn was so encumbering to film in that a second unit crew were required to reshoot a large degree of camera coverage.

Household clustering and the difficulty of establishing exact virus exposures have encumbered efforts to investigate possible human-to-human transmission (5 ).

By contrast very little (∼5%) of the expected Michael adducts were observed in either case with compound 16, suggesting that the tight steric limitation around the alkene may be due to the inability of sterically encumbered compounds to act as Michael acceptors.

In tough market climates, small-company stocks can tend to outperform larger, more encumbered businesses thanks to better (i.e., more efficient and effective) margins and management as well as the loyalty of the consumer base.

Healthcare's perverse incentives and an accompanying stifling bureaucracy driven by encumbering day-to-day healthcare with insurance has caused hyperinflation that is crushing family, employer and government budgets and holding back job growth.

There are legislations encumbering manufacturers to incorporate environmental factors into their decisions in several industries.

He attributed the change to a president encumbered by political pressures to adopt "certain verbiage".

Unlike all other forms of insurance designed for rare events, insurance became encumbered in day-to-day healthcare (i.e., we use insurance for the healthcare equivalent of getting one's car tuned up where we wouldn't dream of using insurance).