He also assumed personal direction of the removal of the debris cumbering the unsightly blackened districts, and, animated by his example, the whole population engaged zealously in the melancholy work.
But she dropped before him, her white robes cumbering his path, her arms clasping his knees.
The Hymn of a Wounded Spirit I love to steal awhile away From every cumbering care, And spend the hour of setting day In humble, grateful prayer.
The road was a smooth and easy one, barring a few cumbering bowlders.
At the moment he intended to present him with the two hundred dollars which were cumbering his boots.
The squire had his arm stretched across the horse's back; he was holding up the sailor's head, which seemed to roll helplessly with every motion of the cumbering sea.
Now this will not be got but by earnest prayer, and much attending upon God; also there must not be admitted by thee that thy heart be stuffed with cumbering cares of this world, for they are of a choking nature.
Those unseemly log-heaps, cumbering no inconsiderable portion of the field, must be disposed of, to complete the work.
We clambered over the broken stones cumbering the entrance, and mounted the steps to the very summit.
The fragments cumbering the arena were enormous, and highly interesting from their character.
I love to steal awhile away From every cumbering care, And spend the hours of setting day In humble, grateful prayer.
My soul, it is thy God Who calls thee by his grace; Now loose thee from each cumbering load, And bend thee to the race.
No bitter sorrow is theirs, nor any fierce joy that lifts their feet free from the cumbering clay.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cumbering" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
