How to use "hindrance" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "hindrance" in popular movie and book plots

  • The pair see him as a hindrance to the Police Service, which is struggling to adapt to the modern era of Policing.  - A Killing Frost
  • Thinking that his love is a hindrance to his revenge, he told Avanti to forget him and his love.  - Vindhyarani
  • She tries to get work, but soon finds out that her diplomas are more of a hindrance than a help.  - La Maternelle
  • But Devi becomes a hindrance in his plans and her insistence for a marriage pushes him to plot killing her too.  - Uyarangalil
  • But a hindrance to his mission is Boppala Ram Babu (Ravi Kale), who has a score to settle with Chandran.  - Aattanayagann
  • He meets Dilip, who ignores the warning and asks Motwani to leave the area without causing any hindrance to the wedding.  - Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain
  • But his assistant Constable Karuppiah is a bungling coward and is more a hindrance than a help in his investigations.  - Malaikkallan
  • The only hindrance to his goal of becoming a full-pledged priest was his racial origins.  - Po-on
  • With their good intent, Kendra and Seth become both a help and a hindrance to their grandfather’s cry to protect Fablehaven.  - Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star
  • Snyol's formidable reputation proves at various times both a boon and a hindrance to their mission.  - The Hand of Zei
  • Angel Investigations is finding these angry mobs more of a hindrance than a help.  - Love and Death (Angel novel)
  • However, it turns out that Trapper and Yapper are more of a hindrance to Ranger Smith's efforts rather than a help.  - Yogi's Great Escape
  • Another hindrance to romance is that he has dedicated his life to the path of the samurai and has vowed to himself that he will never marry.  - Kaze Hikaru
  • Some of the Greeks are more of a hindrance than a help and real progress is only made by the farmers.  - Peace (play)
  • The fox becomes a hindrance to Banford and March, but March finds she cannot hunt it, and rather, she becomes entranced by it.  - The Fox (novella)
  • The US government is also eager to sever relations with Japan, seeing the country as a hindrance and of little economic value.  - Killer7

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