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impeding

[ UK /ɪmpˈiːdɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˌɪmˈpidɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. preventing movement
    the clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street

How To Use impeding In A Sentence

  • It is patent that dusk found them weary and worn, plodding and wading silently "homewards," shovel on shoulder, across four or five kilos of desolate mud; falling and tripping over stagnant bodies, masses of tangled wire, bricks and jagged wood-work everywhere impeding progress. Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry
  • Bush didn't use this power because he had no interest in impeding the BPP, which was infamous for rubber-stamping executions. The Texas Clemency Memos
  • High salinity is one of the most important environmental stresses impeding crop growth.
  • They have rattled the narcos, impeding some trafficking routes and increasing weapons seizures.
  • The bollards at each end have been successful in keeping out vehicles, without impeding the passage of bicycles, prams etc.
  • Under certain circumstances this can be termed impeding-see RCW 46.61.425. The Bellingham Herald: Sports News
  • Fallen rock is impeding the progress of rescue workers.
  • They probably also had elevated jugular venous pressure from impeding of venous return, which would cause an elevated intracranial pressure.
  • As I tried to enter the concourse, a slow person was impeding my progress.
  • After several unsuccessful attempts he is kicked out of his therapy group for impeding the progress of his fellow oddballs.
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