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Statues of women, if Lynch be right, should always be fully draped, one hand of the woman feeling regretfully her own hinder parts.

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 Meanings and Examples of HINDER
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hinder
 v.  put at a disadvantage; tie up; hamper; prevent the progress
Classic Sentence: (43 in 3 pages)
1  This fin is some three or four feet long, growing vertically from the hinder part of the back, of an angular shape, and with a very sharp pointed end.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32. Cetology.
2  We said many good-byes before I left Lincoln, but she never tried to hinder me or hold me back.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3. Lena Lingard: IV
3  The low, muttering sounds of his threatening voice were still audible, when the wounded foal, first rearing on its hinder legs, plunged forward to its knees.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 5
4  Their object in separating us was to hinder concert.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
5  He could not hinder himself from dwelling upon it.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
6  He did not hinder the young man in his scientific researches; he used to sit down somewhere in a corner of the room and look on attentively, occasionally permitting himself a discreet question.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
7  This melancholy, which did not prevent her amusing herself, did not hinder the young people who came to her house from passing the time pleasantly.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER V
8  He will not hinder anything useful nor allow anything harmful.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XVI
9  The fact is that those men with whom you have ridden round the position not only do not help matters, but hinder.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XXV
10  Besides, I want to go very much and certainly will go, so don't hinder me, said he.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER VIII
11  Statues of women, if Lynch be right, should always be fully draped, one hand of the woman feeling regretfully her own hinder parts.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
12  Nothing seemed to stop or even to hinder them.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
13  Suddenly from a lumpy tussock of old grass some twenty yards in front of them, with black-tipped ears erect and long hinder limbs throwing it forward, started a hare.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 18
14  Not a voice was raised, not an arm extended to hinder him.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER XI—CHAMPMATHIEU MORE AND MORE ASTONISHED
15  The one does not hinder the other.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER V—IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BE DRUNK IN ORDER TO BE ...
Example Sentence:
1  Developing countries were exempt, as it was felt cutbacks would hinder development and add to the existing burden of debt.
2  Batman was baffled: he could think of no way to hinder the Joker's infernal scheme to destroy the city.
3  Unfortunately these drugs are quite toxic and hinder the body's ability to fight off infection.
4  Bulky clothes tend to hinder movement.
5  Work today, for you know not how much you may be hindered tomorrow.
6  Further investigation was hindered by the loss of all documentation on the case.
7  The Conservative Party in this country has been hindered by the concept that winning the argument automatically means winning the people.
8  These killings have seriously hindered progress towards peace.
9  Now, if the extra appendage is hindering the dog, or is going to cause damage or injury to her, then yes, by all means, perform the surgery.
10  In the aftermath of recent devastating earthquakes, the country will be more reliant than ever on the remittances sent home by these workers, but is that helping or hindering development?