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• But I am up, hobbling around, taking hefty doses of ibuprofen, good ol' vitamin I.2010, Jim Oooooo, What I Did on My Summer Vacation Or North to Alaska, →ISBN. From the entry vitamin I
• The hobble rope was a heavy, soft cotton to minimize rope burns.2008, Carolyn Melvin, Life with Animals, page 78. From the entry hobble rope
• Aspects of the gross or gross-reflecting state itself become compromised, misnegotiated, misnavigated, and misdigested, hobbling the state in various ways.2017, Ken Wilber, The Religion of Tomorrow, page 414. From the entry misnegotiate
• An' he donned his clathers an' hobbled cross his courtlage to the stable – an' not expecting a cheery sight.2016, Amrita Tezla, The Folk of the Twill, →ISBN, page 116. From the entry cockleert
• The Wolfman took it on the arches and quickly ducked around the corner and the boy hobbled up to Greb.2014, Keith G. Laufenberg, South of South Beach, →ISBN, page 93. From the entry take it on the arches
• How telling is it that many women will volunteer for temporary disablement by wearing high heeled shoes that hobble them?2009, Stephen Bayley, The Telegraph, 24 Sep 09. From the entry will
• As part of BDSM play they can enhance the domineering tread of a mistress or hobble the steps of a slave.2006, Amelia May Kingston, The Triumph of Hope, page 376. From the entry mistress
• Improbable language and unclear characterization hobble this sticky-sweet story.2003, School Library Journal: SLJ, volume 49, page 164. From the entry sticky-sweet
• Gorsuch’s theory would hobble this nondiscrimination regime by preventing the government from directing employers to tell employees about their rights and responsibilities under law.2017, Mark Joseph Stern, “The Cake Is Just the Beginning”, in Slate. From the entry regime
• Each bullock had a heavy leather neck-strap on, fitted with a hobble chain and swivel, and a spare rope around its neck.2014, Glen McLaren, Big Mobs: The Story of Australian Cattlemen, North Fremantle, WA: Fremantle Press, page 46. From the entry hobble chain
• This slightly gloomy style of masculine has its origins in Dior's great Fahrenheit, now unfortunately hobbled by European Union restrictions on octyne esters.2010, Luca Turin, Tania Sanchez, “Chamade pour Homme”, in Perfumes: The A–Z Guide, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 115. From the entry octyne
• The F.D.A., an important agency charged with protecting the food supply, was one of many hobbled by the Bush administration’s antiregulatory efforts.2009 January 30, “Hazardous Peanut Butters”, in New York Times. From the entry antiregulatory
• I see now that, hobbled by hobby, I’ve presented my wife as a very intricately programmed phatic communicatrix (or whatever the sociological jargon is).1970, Anthony Burgess, “The Private Dialect of Husbands and Wives”, in Alexander Scharbach, Ralph H. Singleton, editors, The New Lively…. From the entry communicatrix
• Meantime the old salt ("ex-coasting skipper" was writ large all over his person) had hobbled up alongside in his bumpy, shiny boots.1904–1906, Joseph Conrad, “The Faithful River”, in The Mirror of the Sea, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers…. From the entry writ large
• Global banks are bracing for the ripple effects of harsh new financial and economic sanctions against Russia intended to hobble its economy and restrict its access to foreign capital.2022 February 22, Lananh Nguyen, Alan Rappeport, “Global Banks Poised for Turmoil as West Hits Russia With Sanctions”, in The New York…. From the entry ripple effect
• I followed as he hobbled toward the bathroom, and my father barely made it to the toilet before he started dry-heaving, knees spread on the tile.2020, Bryan Washington, Memorial, Atlantic Books (2021), page 162. From the entry dry-heave
• It was also implied that the racially challenged Republicans, hobbled by their party's overwhelming whiteness, somehow didn't want nonwhite Americans to share in the coming cornucopia.2013, L. Brent Bozell, III; Tim Graham, Collusion: How the Media Stole the 2012 Election---and How to Stop Them from Doing It in 2016…. From the entry racially challenged
• Untying the leather thongs that bound them behind the saddle, he picked the saddlebags up, hobbled to a nearby tree, and sat down at its base.2008, David Thomasson, The Ghost of Hollering Woman Creek, page 59. From the entry saddlebag
• This pitiable pea-roller hit a divot and Nigel Spink, their goalkeeper, kindly dived over it as it hobbled across the goal-line at precisely three miles per hour.1999, Mark Hodkinson, Blue Moon: Down Among the Dead Men with Manchester City, →ISBN, page 132. From the entry pea roller
• Anna Shaw, president of the National Woman Suffrage association, while distinctly against the trouserette proposition, did not go so far as to prefer the hobble skirt.1911 March 19, “No Trouser Skirts for Them: Suffragists Have No Use for Bifurcated Garments”, in The Sioux City Journal, page 6. From the entry trouserette
• They are supposed to catch the steer by the head and heels (hind legs), stretch the critter out on the ground and tie a hobble rope around its hind legs.2013, Fay E. Ward, The Cowboy at Work. From the entry hobble rope
• But when no one's watching he will slip hundreds inside palms and pocketbooks of poor people—reverse-pickpocket them—or bolt out of a car to help someone old hobble across the street.2001, Gary Smith, Beyond the Game, page 78. From the entry reverse-pickpocket

Meaning of hobble

1. noun One of the short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off.
2. noun An unsteady, off-balance step.
3. noun A difficult situation; a scrape.

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How do you use hobble in a sentence?

Hobble is used as a noun and verb. For example: “We made it and we hobbled up the stairs.”

What is a short sentence with hobble?

“Improbable language and unclear characterization hobble this sticky-sweet story.”

What does hobble mean?

Hobble means one of the short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off.