Hamper

//ˈhæm.pɚ//

"Hamper" in a Sentence (21 examples)

A well-used creel might better not be picked as a picnic hamper.

Please be quiet and don't hamper my work.

Tom tossed his dirty clothes in the hamper.

Tom gathered his dirty clothes and put them into the hamper.

These measures hamper scientific progress.

Experts say a fresh cyclone forming near the island nation of Mauritius could hamper rescue efforts and worsen damage in the region.

The hamper is made of bamboo.

But while many governments say they support a homegrown innovation economy, policy decisions may hamper entrepreneurial growth, according to a report out this week by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), which puts on the marquee Las Vegas technology show.

Put your dirty laundry in the hamper, not on the floor.

Put your dirty clothes in the laundry hamper, not on the floor.

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a hamper of wine

a clothes hamper

an oyster hamper, which contains two bushels

Competition pigeons are hampered for the truck trip to the point of release where the race back starts.

Near-synonym: hobble

Wife. Away George, away, raise the watch at Ludgate, and bring a Mittimus from the Iustice for this desperate villaine. Now I charge you Gentlemen, see the Kings peace kept. O my heart what a varlet's this to offer manslaughter vpon the harmlesse Gntlewoman? Cit. I warrant thee (sweet heart) wee'l haue him hampered.

A lion hampered in a net.

Engend'ring heats, these one by one unbind, Stretch their small tubes, and hamper'd nerves unwind.

They hamper and entangle our souls.

NR Senior Programme Manager Adrian Elliott describes the progress to date: "The weather has played a big part in hampering the programme. We had the wettest autumn ever and a number of winter storms to contend with, [...]

One afternoon there was a mighty queer noise aloft, which set the men running in every direction. It was the main-t'-gallant-mast. Crash! it broke off just above the cap, and held there by the rigging, dashed with every roll from side to side, with all the hamper that belonged to it.

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