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Use impede in a sentence

Definition of impede:

  • (verb) be a hindrance or obstacle to
  • (verb) block passage through

Sentence Examples:

There was nothing to impede the way!

A riot of things growing impeded each step.

There are additional difficulties that impede our progress.

This does not appear to impede the vision.

Numerous causes may contribute to impede this action.

"You are impeding a hunt for a fugitive."

"Does it impede you to hold my hand?"

Simply because it is said to impede the traffic!

Occasionally fog and rain impeded their progress.

Here his utterance was impeded by sobs.

Nothing impeded the affair but his poverty.

The slightest excitement would impede my recovery.

Emily paused, strong emotions impeded her utterance.

They came running, impeded by the crowd.

All attempts to impede its progress are vain.

The Arabs could do little to impede them.

Something impeding, totally unexpected, seemed to have arisen.

Once at the bottom he was less impeded.

There was but little to impede our progress.

Further motion of that blood is slightly impeded.

Therefore, there is nothing to impede his salvation.

Yet the campaign was never seriously impeded.

In every detail of Government he would be impeded.

The flags flapped and impeded her view.

Snow and hunger now impeded his course.

Our journey was impeded by a thousand obstacles.

Something in his throat impeded his fierce speech.

He had nothing on that impeded his movements.

Such fellows impede the progress of the others.

Stone's progress impeded because of carrying the baby.

I sped forward; naught could impede my course.

Their movements too were impeded by the women.

No less than four jams impeded his progress.

Vast herds of wild elephants impeded our way.

Though there was nothing to impede his progress.

"Justice must be swift, and you're impeding it."

A crowd in the lobby impeded their progress.

"The Upper House impedes everything," it was said.

I hope the war is not impeding your movements.

If the bile is impeded, digestion will be impaired.

Rain fell, but not hard enough to impede transportation.

He spread out his arms to impede her passage.

A sort of haze or mist impedes its vision.

You can only impede me by speaking of it.

Confusion and shame will impede me at each step.

The night was dark, greatly impeding our labor.

They kept close together, somewhat impeding each other.

The throng impeded the progress of the carriages.

They impede the world's progress by being content.

Surely concentration would be impeded and balance suffer.

The ventilation of the middle ear may be impeded.

At first impeded or postponed, they at last prevail.

The reduction in train lengths also impedes efficient operation.

Still the progress of a revolution was not impeded.

Whatever it was it did not impede his speed.

The Moors made strenuous efforts to impede these preparations.

Her shoes were heavy as lead and impeded her.

Excessively rigid habits of thought impede freedom of observation.

There is no thought without the impeding of impulse.

At first impeded or postponed, they at last prevail.

She looked scared, fierce; agitation impeding her free utterance.

The roots of trees also greatly impede its flow.

What factors impede the assimilation of the "new" immigrants?

Let us be wise, and not impede the soul.

His heart beats faster and impedes his breathing.

No difficulties, no obstacles were allowed to impede the work.

Much speaking makes for thirst and impedes motion.

Doubt disturbed his mind and impeded his activity.

Peace has been secured abroad, it is impeded at home.

Time is ever moving; nothing ever can impede his course.

Her speech was seriously impeded by her wrath.

Another habit, however, sometimes impeded my valiant intentions.

A habit impeded in overt operation continues nonetheless to operate.

The train was late, impeded by the snow.

There is no national enterprise which it does not impede.

And was not her trade stopped and impeded?

They found travel seriously impeded from the start.

He did not want to impede Sheila in any way.

I drove on heavily, as if my wheels were impeded.

Doubts regarding the sustainability of peace continue to impede development.

Business was being not merely impeded, but destroyed.

This increased pressure impedes the motion of the ribs.

He retrieved balls for them, which also impeded progress.

The channels are much impeded by stumps of trees.

Inserting my hand, I pulled out the impeding object.

He is impeded by the shallows and the miseries.

Part of those who passed on impeded the others.

"These beams and blocks impede us," said the officer.

The wounded were increasing in number, impeding their retreat.

Save the indispensable umbrella, she carried no impeding trifles.

Regret identifies us with the past and impedes progress.

Would the laying of the tubes seriously impede traffic?

And should these few devoted men impede a regiment?

Such considerations never impeded the progress of a Jacobin.

What else but water could impede these rock-hard things!

All three were much impeded by difficulties of terrain.

She clung to him in terror, impeding his progress.

And a fresh burst of sorrow impeded her utterance.

In the night, I felt something impeding my breath.

They threw away everything that might impede their flight.