How To Use Hamper In A Sentence
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If we got into Ceram (and got out again), the doctor would reduce the whole affair to a few tables of anthropological measurements, a few more hampers of birds, beasts, and native rubbish in the hold, and a score of paragraphs couched in the evaporated, millimetric terms of science.
The Spinner's Book of Fiction
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Why don't you share the choccies and champers with Sandy and Jules, my reneging little Petal?
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She contends that U.S. officials overreacted, rather than dealing pragmatically with adoption procedures in a country where poverty and a long-running insurgency fueled widespread child abandonment, impaired record-keeping, and hampered official investigative capabilities.
Despite Hurdles, Families Pursue Nepal Adoptions
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The weather hampered search efforts by 115 locals and soldiers from the mainland.
The Sun
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She won a hamper including organic porridge, Cornish strawberry conserve and Gloucester Old Spot Bacon.
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Distribution of food throughout the country is being hampered by inefficiency and corruption.
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One hint could have been that his nomination brought immediate praise from both industry groups and Congressional republicans) and the topper of them all Bush sicophant Stephen Johnson (who famously sided with Buah and big industry in hampering states from enforcing higher greenhouse emmision standards and stifling his own Depts requests and reports on environmental problems).
Think Progress » ThinkFast: January 8, 2010
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But high command has yet again told them to leave the Bolly in the ice bucket, not least because it would look terrible to be seen quaffing champers when the chancellor will soon unveil the severest squeeze on public spending in decades.
The Tories are still struggling to come to terms with the new order
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The mountainous terrain is hampering tracking.
Times, Sunday Times
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The mound of dirty clothing just keeps piling up until your hamper is overflowing and a sea of denim, cotton and corduroy forms a carpet on the floor of your bedroom.
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Use a thirty-gallon garbage bin as a laundry hamper… it's waterproof, and hides those unsightly stains and odors.
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In the past, they have been hampered by a soft underbelly.
The Sun
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There will also be a raffle for hampers, vouchers, bottles etc., on the day.
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With picnic blankets, hampers and candles in safety cups, the visitors began taking up their positions on the grassy knoll.
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Apparently, for free drinks between 5 and 7pm, read a small glass of champers and a complimentary pint.
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Glass mosaic tile is used for the backsplash, the countertop is cold-rolled steel, and a storage cabinet of birch includes a built-in hamper to keep dirty clothes from landing on the floor.
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Displaying the temporary disagreements to the public would hamper communication of the consensus.
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First prize is a large hamper, second is a small hamper and third a bottle of brandy plus various other prizes of Christmas goodies.
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Whenever, therefore, nature is able to provide two separate instruments for two separate uses, without the one hampering the other, she does so, instead of acting like a coppersmith who for cheapness makes a spit and lampholder in one.
On the Parts of Animals
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The high concentration of toxic gases underground is hampering the rescue attempt.
Times, Sunday Times
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Many economists warn that too strict application of the rules hampers the ability of governments to respond to economic downturns.
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Forensic analysis of skeletal muscle relaxants such as tubocurarine and gallamine has been hampered by the fact that these quaternary ammonium compounds are not readily extractable from the biological matrix.
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Upstairs Kristin walked back into her room and through there into her bathroom where she undressed, sorted her clothes into the laundry hamper, and showered quickly.
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Simply pack a picnic hamper and head off through the olive and cypress groves for tiny inland settlements like Klonatika, Fontana and Anemogianatika which has twice as many letters in its name as houses!
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Fierce storms have been hampering rescue efforts and there is now little chance of finding more survivors.
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Leprosy and lymphatic filariasis, or elephantiasis, leave victims deformed, hamper productivity and normal social interaction, Chan said.
1 Billion Suffer From Hidden Tropical Diseases, Says WHO
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She would read, she would write, and she would be free from 'unhealthful, uncomfortable ... inconvenient ... fettering, hampering, monstrous skirts'.
The Times Literary Supplement
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His progress has hampered by back injuries.
The Sun
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The picnic hamper had been stacked quietly and moved aside.
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They, too, were followed by waves of aftershocks which hampered rescue work in an area littered with landmines laid during years of war.
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The rules have been around since the mediaeval laws about champerty and barratry.
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Hampered by a name that was unpronounceable, together with a heavy accent, he was relegated to playing muscle-bound clods in a string of second-rate films.
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While it can be argued that make sex too-taboo of a topic can hamper the spread of information, in 10 – 16 year-olds, giving that hyperactive brain region a chance to relax a smidge is more likely to be helpful.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause
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This wicker hamper is packed with delicious goodies and costs ￡64.92, inclusive of nationwide delivery.
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Houston-based drilling company Baker Hughes Inc. warned in a March 3 filing that it would take a profit hit because of unseasonably cold weather and the turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa, which hampered its ability to deliver equipment to oil fields.
Mining the Scarcity Boom
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The search has been hampered by a lack of fuel for a rescue helicopter.
The Sun
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Poor communication and transport in the remote and mountainous region also hampered operations.
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Historically, English and American common law has prohibited champerty - and officially, that is still the American rule.
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It is hampered by a lack of drugs in its pipeline and threats from generic rivals.
Times, Sunday Times
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Hamper bent to Dunbar and whispered, beerily, in his ear: "P'r'aps 'e don't want to' ear, guv'nor!
The Yellow Claw
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The old peer took several somewhat hampered steps, and she noticed that his red slippers were heelless.
The Silver Spoon
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The teens were hampered by poor reading and research skills and were more prone to leave a site after encountering difficulties.
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Maybe that hampers my writing, or maybe my writing gets in the way of kirigami, which gets in the way of my guitar practice, which prevents me from mastering watercolors, which prevents me from theology, ... etc. so forth, probably back to birth.
Diet Soap
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unhampered dissemination of news
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The rules have been around since the mediaeval laws about champerty and barratry.
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A raffle will also be held on the night with prizes galore including a television, hampers, bottles of whiskey, brandy etc.
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My line has always been champers round my place.
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The instrumental reason, which is probably the most important to regulators, is that excluding citizens from the advisory process may hamper regulation.
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Spectators were asked to leave items not required during their trip, including picnic hampers and bags, outside.
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It takes the view that Brexit uncertainty will hit investment in capital equipment and in skills and training, hampering productivity growth.
Times, Sunday Times
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Soliciting personal injury cases may constitute champerty.
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Even David Carline had lost heart, sitting on the ashy beach beside his hamper, the dead birds at his feet.
RUSHING TO PARADISE
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The reasons for doctors under-reporting adverse drug reactions include fear of litigation, diffidence, and complacency, and pharmacists are likely to hampered by similar constraints.
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I sort of pulled something off the back of my leg in the second quarter and it was kind of hampering me throughout the game," he said.
USATODAY.com
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Over the last two weeks the young people saved their own pocket money to fill the hampers, and then went shopping to buy the food and toys.
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Attempts at ovarian tissue autograft or xenograft without blood vessel anastamoses in animal models and human cases have been promising but hampered by large follicle loss due to ischemia.
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The seats in each row are only about four centimeters higher than the seats in front of them, so that my experience of M. Ward's performance is profoundly hampered by the wispy, frizzled locks of the enormous, grotesque head in front of me.
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Too many hurried shots from unlikely angles hampered their comeback attempt.
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In those days, weight training was frowned upon as coaches thought it would make athletes muscle-bound, hampering performance.
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That was another line that often hampered flirting.
Times, Sunday Times
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The field was in good order but the damp conditions hampered the accuracy of the passing between sides.
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The manager is hampered by a lack of aerial ability.
Times, Sunday Times
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His flying was initially hampered by a rugby injury and when he reported the injury he was suspected of having a lack of moral fibre.
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They refunded my money and sent me another more expensive hamper.
The Sun
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However, in my attempts to understand I am not hampered by the persecutory activities of the state, religion or the mob.
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But he suddenly jinked to his right in the shadow of the post hampering Paolini and Brian Meehan's Kaieteur.
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Marlon convinces him that it's only jealousy and then asks him to help him carry the picnic hamper.
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Production has been hampered by mechanical failure.
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Simply pack a picnic hamper and head off through the olive and cypress groves for tiny inland settlements like Klonatika, Fontana and Anemogianatika which has twice as many letters in its name as houses!
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Whether it's one big hamper with three sections or three different hampers lined up, it doesn't matter as long as you can use it to presort your laundry.
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Although families are welcome to bring picnic hampers, refreshments will also be on sale.
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The Germans blamed the defeat on the fog hampering observations, as well as the artillery barrage.
Times, Sunday Times
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Using that tort settlement, the big brands have hampered tiny cut-rate rivals and raised prices with near impunity.
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And so, fortified by a High Tea consisting of tea, cold meats and sandwiches, our Edwardian gentlemen and ladies bunny-hugged, turkey-trotted, waltzed and cakewalked to their hearts content, unhampered by the restrictions of contact between men and women of previous generations.
Thé Dansant | Edwardian Promenade
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There will be attractions for young and old, raffles galore, which will include a Super Valu hamper.
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In addition, the rate of product approvals by US regulators has slowed, hampering companies' growth plans.
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And perhaps it may be remarked here, since we commonly say of a man in difficulties that he is "exchequered" or in "chancery," that so we probably intend to express the same, when we say a man is _hanapered_, or _hampered_.
Notes and Queries, Number 29, May 18, 1850
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The most exciting prospect in British football has been hampered by injury for years now.
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Donald Peterson said at a Pentagon news briefing as heavy snowfall continued to hamper search and rescue efforts near Vail, Colo.
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Rescue efforts were hampered when his car burst into flames.
The Sun
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That's kind of hampering visibility just a little, but so far the last 30 minutes or so the rain seems to be holding off.
CNN Transcript May 26, 2002
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In the American Civil War, textile shortages again hampered the Quartermaster Department's efforts to procure tentage.
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Anne was instrumental in coordinating, with the assistance of the Barwon Group of the Country Women's Association, drought hampers that were dispersed amongst farmers in need.
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Very effective hampers can be made from a cheap basket and low-priced toiletries from pound shops, if wrapped in cellophane and colourful ribbon.
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But they had to complete all the tasks properly to win a food hamper.
The Sun
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Our conversation was hampered by the presence of the driver of the hired wagonette, so that we were forced to talk of trivial matters when our nerves were tense with emotion and anticipation.
The Seriously Deranged Writer and the Model Cars
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In flashbacks he is hampered with the unhappy task of being the innocent amid these connivers, but a stronger actor might have been able to make naïveté more interesting.
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Drink… like a suave fish, so down lots of champers, absinthe, vodka and anything else on the cocktail menu.
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Difficult weather conditions are hampering the operation.
Times, Sunday Times
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This would hamper the use of large hopper dredges and large transport barges.
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After a half hour of power walking, I stopped to remove my sweater and to tighten my large 14)fanny pack that had begun to slide down, 15)hampering my stride.
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Ladies trying hard not to aerate the lawn with their Manolos opened the John Lewis picnic hampers.
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Somehow, the caliginous man's intimidating demeanor always failed to discourage or frighten Josh, much less hamper his cheery, gossiping attitude.
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I wonder how the cold weather will hamper players accustomed to intense heat.
Times, Sunday Times
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Cables, gantries and all manner of unrecognisable machinery hamper navigation, although as time passes an exposed engine block allows me to make a bit more sense of the scene.
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Using that tort settlement, the big brands have hampered tiny cut-rate rivals and raised prices with near impunity.
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That was another line that often hampered flirting.
Times, Sunday Times
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It may well be doubted, on an impartial view, if the mutilation of the country's industrial system by such measures of isolation does not after all rather weaken the nation even for warlike ends; but then, the discretionary authorities in the dynastic States are always, and it may be presumed necessarily, hampered with obsolete theories handed down from that cameralistic age, when the little princes of the Fatherland were making dynastic history.
An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation
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Despite their best efforts, station officer Joe Hassle said a lack of access to water and the straw fuelling the fire hampered the crews.
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It is a very capable off-road vehicle that is hampered by its lack of fuel-carrying capacity.
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More recently, my delight in finding some lovely sun blushed tomatoes which don't actually taste like bits of carpet someone has spilt tomato puree on has been hampered by a patronising little addition to the label informing me that 10p from every 'special pack' is being donated to Comic Relief.
Archive 2007-02-01
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There are many reasons for male infertility, including low sperm count, inactive or incompletely formed sperms and other factors that hamper fertilisation.
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The high concentration of toxic gases underground is hampering the rescue attempt.
Times, Sunday Times
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The first prize in the Christmas draw is a seasonal hamper packed with all the Christmas goodies and there are plenty of other Christmas prizes as well.
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A chronic shortage of engineers is further hampering the industry.
Times, Sunday Times
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The Labour Party will soon learn the value of these polite demonstrations that it is always its duty not to hamper the governing classes in their very difficult and delicate and dangerous task of safeguarding the interests of this great empire: in short, to let itself be gammoned by elegant phrases and by adroit practisings on its personal good-nature, its inveterate proletarian sentimentality, and its secret misgivings as to the correctness of its manners.
New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index
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The resale of grain to villages which claimed to be deficient in food supplies hampered the flow of grain to the cities.
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His ability was unquestioned, but his brusque and abrasive manner aroused hostility which probably hampered his early career.
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He has made no attempt to hide the injury since then with heavy strapping around the knee and his movement has been hampered.
The Sun
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Progress has been hampered by the lack of a formal approach to talks from the miners.
Times, Sunday Times
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Flooded roads and bridges were "hampering" the arrival of goods and aid.
THE MEDICAL NEWS
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If this house is later sold to someone who doesn't need the additional room to accommodate a wheelchair, it can be nicely used for laundry hampers or wicker storage baskets.
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Adoption of modern agricultural practices and use of technology is inadequate, hampered by ignorance of such practices, high costs and impracticality in the case of small land holdings.
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Initial rescue efforts were hampered by a lack of heavy equipment and by landslides triggered by the initial earthquake.
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Distribution of food throughout the country is being hampered by inefficiency and corruption.
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The latest hamper included fresh turbot, hake and cod from Aberdeen Fish Market as well as Arbroath Smokies, smoked salmon and kippers.
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The manager is hampered by a lack of aerial ability.
Times, Sunday Times
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He has always guarded his private life fiercely, arguing that talking about his off-screen relationships cheapens them and hampers his professional ability to be a chameleon.
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Firefighters' rescue efforts were hampered by the collapse of the roof and widespread clutter inside the building.
Times, Sunday Times
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Even though a recurrence of an abdominal strain hampered Venus from the second set on, she was mentally strong enough to push aside the pain.
USATODAY.com - Venus answers many questions by playing tough
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You make a good point that Lights Out is hampered by having to be a self-starter and might have benefited by riding Justified's promotional coat tails and premiering a few weeks later.
Ask Matt: Good Wife, Fringe, Downton Abbey, Community Roger Ebert & More
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Progress has been hampered by the lack of a formal approach to talks from the miners.
Times, Sunday Times
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His flying was initially hampered by a rugby injury and when he reported the injury he was suspected of having a lack of moral fibre.
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I took some dirty laundry from a hamper and threw it over his bed, messed up the sheets a little bit, and scuffed his shoe.
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Like his father, his political career was hampered by his adherence to fair trade and his mercantile Birmingham roots.
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In some ways the need for legality hampers the intelligence services.
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That particularly hampered the pacing during the death scene flash-forward.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » A Glimpse into the Editor’s Office: Editing Twilight
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But hampered by the lack of enthusiasm from the White House, the measure failed to complete its legislative programme.
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The first three people who came to the stage with photographs of their wives were rewarded with gift hampers.
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For once she has gone into a major championships unhampered by niggles or strains and proved to the rest of us what she has always known, that on her day she truly is as good as anyone.
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He has worked diligently on his conditioning, hoping to prevent muscle pulls and strains, which have hampered him during the season.
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Domestic policy was aimed at creating and maintaining a system of absolute rule: the king ruled unhampered by challenges from representative institutions but with the aid of ministers and councils subject to his will.
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We moved all of our clean laundry into drawers and all the dirty laundry into the hamper.
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I am not speaking of O'bama; he seems to mean well but be greatly hampered by both dog-in-the-manger Republicans and Dems who act like Republicans.
Robert Kuttner: Listening to Paul Volcker
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We know how to secure a more just and prosperous life for man on earth: through free markets, free speech, free elections and the exercise of free will unhampered by the state.
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When the money addict disallows this "messiness" he puts a hamper on personal growth for himself and those around him.
Dr. Tian Dayton: Money Addiction
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Inside, my head is buzzing, the direct result of mixing beer, wine and champers - never a good idea.
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You can't suggest that legislation from the EU is hampering future growth and deterring entrepreneurship under Labour, but people want to.
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The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions.
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The organization relies on volunteers to pick up donations, unpack donations, pack hampers and work in the food bank on Wednesdays.
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I’ll hamper, bethwack, and belabour all the devils, now I have some vine-leaves in my shoes.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
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In former days, a young man arriving at Calcutta as a writer, had no difficulty in raising money by borrowing from some wealthy _circar_; and many of those very young men are still hampered with debts they can never pay: though high in office, and enjoying large salaries, they are tied to the country by their creditors, to whom they are obliged to give
Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China.
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On the face of it, the practice of contingency fees could very well be tortious, contrary to the torts of champerty and maintenance.
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But attempts to quell the unrest were hampered as officers were blinded with laser pens.
The Sun
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In any event even if they themselves were a firm of solicitors their agreement would be champertous.
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The bag had been sitting in this dank tent for the last three days and smelled like an old laundry hamper.
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His movies seem to be replete with great ideas hampered by wild mood swings of stupidity or silliness.
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The transport of freight will no longer be hampered by restrictions on drivers' hours.
Times, Sunday Times
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He described his proposals for the coming year as neutral because he did not want to hamper recovery.
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On the other side of the track, the enclosure was teeming with people tucking into food hampers while supping from cans and plastic glasses.
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Most films of the time were still hampered by a sense of theatrical blocking of scenes into linear sequences.
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Mark Sanchez did not throw an interception in the first five games, and yet was playing anything but timid (well, with the exception of Week 1, when the play-calling hampered him in the pocket).
NYT > Home Page
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Last week, this little gem was passed around Greg Aharonian's newsletter, which prompted cries of "champerty" from some of the readers:
Archive 2006-09-01
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His very clothing and weaponry seemed determined to hamper him, fabric catching on a nail here, a splinter of wood there, his sword jamming crossways against two beams behind him and pinning him until Michael set him free.
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Initial plans to stage the game were hampered by a lack of a suitable date.
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Bridging the gap between orchestra and audience, he soon had his public eating out of his hand - rather than their extravagant picnic hampers.
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Early attempts to assess and describe the flexibility of polymeric ssDNA and RNA were hampered by the inability to obtain monodisperse samples.
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To be sure, France's 12 refineries remain hampered by strikes or a lack of crude oil, because the country's main oil terminals are blocked.
French Strikers Begin to Relent
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Indeed, even coastal fisheries were severely hampered after 1941 by mounting shortages of cotton yarn, ramie, Manila hemp, and, most importantly, petroleum.
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Most of us today do tend to over-launder simply because laundering is so easy; children find it much easier to deposit a barely worn garment in a laundry hamper than to hang it nicely for airing or fold it neatly for the shelf.
Boing Boing: September 25, 2005 - October 1, 2005 Archives
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Wang and Islanders general manager Garth Snow said that the condition of the Coliseum and its surroundings—77 acres of weed patches; cracked, pot-holed concrete; and one hotel, the Long Island Marriott—have hampered the franchise's efforts to draw free agents and construct a competitive team.
Islanders Try to Sell Voters on a New Arena
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Staff will pack you off in the morning with a luxury hamper.
Times, Sunday Times
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Attempts to limit female mobility by hampering locomotion are ancient and almost universal.
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I fancy a good bottle of champers and the new lingerie!
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They'll even rustle up some champers and flowers, assuming the weekend goes well.
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And their pretournament training has been hampered by an unexplained coaching change and a lack of funds.
Globe and Mail
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Rescue attempts were hampered by fears of a second collapse.
Times, Sunday Times
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Similarly in Madrid, the police investigation did not appear to be hampered by lack of mobile phone data.
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It is wrong that these oldest established collective investment vehicles are hampered in the way they are.
Times, Sunday Times
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His long legs stretched well past her barrel which hampered her a bit, but Myrick was an well done rider and did his best to make her journey smooth.
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Her talent was hampered by her poor family when she was a small girl.
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Bad weather is hampering the search for survivors.
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Now the big all-rounder may be sidelined for up to three months to cure his latest injury and fully recover from a series of niggles which have hampered him throughout the season.
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- Although arable lands were generally plentiful and population densities low, achievement of higher productivity per farm family was hampered by lack of evolution of modern, improved farming techniques, by rigid and unprogressive organizational and land tenurial practices which discouraged long-term investments by external cultivators, and by absence of credit facilities to farmers and farmers 'aversion to cooperation societies.
1. Sustainability of land use systems: the potential of indigenous measures for the maintenance of soil productivity in sub-sahara african agriculture.
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Five bookings and a sending off do not bode well for a team already hampered by injuries and forced absences.
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The report also said that the lack of broadband lines outside large urban areas was hampering foreign investment in the regions.
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But having no spendable currency hampered their happiness.
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The most obvious course for a politician tipped for greatness, yet hampered by a cherubic countenance and a light voice, would be to gain a reputation for solidity.
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Now the Food and Agriculture Organization and other agencies warn such price rises could be the shape of things to come as farmers struggle to produce the estimated 70% more food that will be needed by 2050, even as climate change hampers already sputtering crop-yield growth and biofuels consume a greater proportion of production.
Incoming FAO Chief Says Brazil Program Offers Model for Fighting Global Hunger
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This is the idea that the world is just as we see it; that we are not hampered or constrained by preconceptions, biases and blind spots.
Times, Sunday Times
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The Territorials face many of the same battles that are currently hampering recruitment among their Regular counterparts.
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Champagne flowed freely as capacity crowds of 6,000 people spread chairs, picnic hampers and banners across the grass for the Concerts in the Park, sponsored by the Echo.
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Food hampers are provided on arrival and are included in the price.
Times, Sunday Times
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The bag had been sitting in a dank tent for three days and smelled like an old laundry hamper.
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First of the physical casualties was he himself, gashing his hand in an accident at home in November, which hampered his training, then he was halted again, this time by a bout of tonsillitis at the start of 2004.
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It's nice to think that there are a few places, close at hand, where the natural world can live unhampered by man.
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Queuing is hampered by the close proximity of the check-in desk to the shelves nearby.
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This was based on the DOJ's antitrust division's view that the acquisition as originally proposed would significantly hamper U.S. refinery desalter manufacturing competition, resulting in higher prices and lower quality, service, and innovation.
Undefined
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Helping yourself to a Jack Daniels with coke from the mini bar would set you back close to £12, while a half-bottle of champers is £23.50.
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I don't mean anything improper, you know; only one does get so hampered, right and left, for fear of Mrs Grundy.
Can You Forgive Her?
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Towns and villages were deliberately bombed to create a fleeing mass of terror-stricken civilians to block the roads and hamper the flow of reinforcements to the front.
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Growth has been severely hampered by attacks of the insect psyllid throughout Nepal
Chapter 11
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This will affect them in later life and may hamper their efforts to find work, she said.
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In a shared room you do want to make it as easy as possible for the kids to keep the room organized, so a couple of brightly-colored toy bins and laundry hampers are in order.
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The coalition partners predict further elections in six to eight months, and the energy shortage threatens to hamper their reform plans.
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What I don't understand is that if mess from visitors are a problem, how is this going to be solved by still allowing foot traffic - people could still take up picnic hampers or food and drink up with them if they so felt like it.
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Rumours abound about discord in the coaching team, and it is not as though they are greatly hampered by international call-ups.
Times, Sunday Times
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Young gen'lm'n, Rugby; three parcels, Leicester; hamper o 'game, Rugby," answers hostler.
Tom Brown's Schooldays
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an outlet for healthy and unhampered action
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The bad weather hampered rescue operations.
