How to Use unencumbered in a Sentence
unencumbered
adjective-
It’s the loss of unencumbered fandom that hurts the most.
— Tyler Stafford, Houston Chronicle, 1 Sep. 2020 -
The 100% linen fabric is breezy and leaves you unencumbered.
— Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 28 June 2023 -
The joy that comes from being able to run and move unencumbered must have come to her then, along with the despair that comes when that freedom is gone.
— John Kelly, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2022 -
With the gear removed, the humpback whale swam away unencumbered.
— Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 5 Oct. 2022 -
And at Mike and Rafo’s unencumbered comfort with each other, which outweighs the words stuffed into their mouths much of the time.
— K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2021 -
The ascent of Browning to an unencumbered starting role is about more than sliding a co-starter over to fill a hole.
— Nathan Baird, cleveland, 20 Feb. 2020 -
In Brussels, people will be free to walk unencumbered in most places.
— Lorne Cook, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 June 2021 -
So the Dutch looked north, seeking to find a route along the northern coast of Asia that would allow ships to travel unencumbered to Chinese ports.
— David James, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Sep. 2022 -
In it, human conceits fade to the background, and what is left is just unencumbered, flowing time.
— Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 26 July 2021 -
The sense of cards, discrete and numbered, being turned over gets in the way of a viewer’s free perception and unencumbered thought.
— Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2022 -
This is racy and fresh, with flavors of nectarine and mango, unencumbered by oak.
— Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 27 July 2023 -
The baby should be on his back and unencumbered by blankets or pillows.
— Ann Ledbetter, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2018 -
The scarier idea, though, is that there are more Duntsches running around, unencumbered by lawsuits and a dogged reporter.
— Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 15 June 2019 -
Duffy talks about books as a chef does about food or a musician about sound: with unencumbered delight.
— NBC News, 9 Jan. 2020 -
It was built on the site of the old Pico Drive-In, a single screen so unencumbered by nearby buildings that neighbors could watch the on-screen action.
— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2024 -
But access to the Indiana State Fair, which goes through Aug. 21, will be unencumbered.
— Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Aug. 2022 -
His beautiful body is no longer with us, but his spirit is free and unencumbered now.
— Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023 -
This benefits Tony, Louise’s mom and her husband, too — the four of us are full-time freelance artists, and our arrangement gives us the space to work unencumbered.
— Chloe Caldwell, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2020 -
Allen can get some unencumbered time in the pocket against a weaker-than-SEC opponent.
— Eric Bolin, ajc, 3 Nov. 2017 -
Bellinger moved about unencumbered when practice opened this week.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2021 -
Strolling through Amen Corner, unencumbered by ropes or patrons or all the usual trappings of a Masters, you're struck by the silence.
— Paul Newberry, Star Tribune, 11 Nov. 2020 -
The Benicia-Martinez Bridge on Interstate 680 already has open-road tolling — with three lanes unencumbered by tollbooths on the left side of the plaza and nine with tollbooths on the right side.
— Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Apr. 2022 -
Summer exposes the best and the worst parts of living in a city—everything is bustling, parks are packed, nightlife sparkles, and people feel unencumbered.
— Emma Sarappo, The Atlantic, 10 June 2022 -
The oil tycoon was known as much for his unencumbered tongue as his ruthless business acumen.
— Polina Marinova, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2019 -
In November, the universe should be happy to grant your prayers, guide you to make wiser choices or give you a chance to be carefree and unencumbered.
— Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 27 May 2021 -
For now, though, Kirpal still sat in the dining room in his wheelchair, feeding himself, his limbs unencumbered.
— Rachel Heng, The New Yorker, 31 May 2021 -
So screaming out loud, unencumbered, to achieve this kind of release has been delicious medicine.
— Aubree Nichols, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2020 -
Or even wandering around the living room in a VR headset, unencumbered by a tether to some giant PC.
— Christopher Mims, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2017 -
These are two lonely people, silently aching for more love, stability, and unencumbered family life than their worlds can offer.
— Andy Andersen, Vulture, 15 Feb. 2024 -
His supporters applaud the return of a strong and unencumbered leader, capable of enacting change in a country that is clamoring for more social justice for the many and less entitlement for the few.
— Denise Dresser, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2022
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