Synonyms for obstructing

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uhb-struhkt

Phonetic Transcription : əbˈstrʌkt

Définition of obstructing

Origin : 1610s, a back-formation from obstruction or else from Latin obstructus, past participle of obstruere "to block, to stop up" (see obstruction). Related: Obstructed; obstructing.

adj hindering

Example sentences :

Much better there than obstructing the high-road—much better.
Extract from : « Aunt Rachel » by David Christie Murray

He might have passed the obstructing car by driving with one wheel in the ditch.
Extract from : « Lady Bountiful » by George A. Birmingham

I moved to his rear, but he said curtly that I was obstructing the light.
Extract from : « Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, » by George Alfred Townsend

I warn you that you are obstructing the process of the law by yore actions.
Extract from : « Rimrock Trail » by J. Allan Dunn

You say we're obstructing the war by not giving in,—what's the matter with you giving in?
Extract from : « Dr. Jonathan (A Play) » by Winston Churchill

She was obstructing him and threatening him, and he had had enough.
Extract from : « The Saracen: Land of the Infidel » by Robert Shea

And she danced in front of him, obstructing his efforts to pass her.
Extract from : « A Bottle in the Smoke » by Milne Rae

You're obstructing the United States mail, and I guess you know what that means!
Extract from : « Connie Morgan in the Lumber Camps » by James B. Hendryx

But such "friends" as these have nothing to do with obstructing the execution of the law.
Extract from : « Life and adventures of Frank and Jesse James » by J. A. Dacus

I said to the police, 'I am not obstructing the thoroughfare.'
Extract from : « The Great Acceptance » by Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull

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