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Example sentences for: impediment

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There follows a rapid winding up of the filament into a double-strand helix by a process of supercoiling that is triggered by the impediment of the twisting motions that accompany cell growth [ 2 ] . The cells in double-strand helical structures also twist as they grow.
On the minus side, feeling you're never getting a straight story is a major impediment to the comfort one feels when there is trust.
A significant impediment to publication and cooperation comes from university patent policies.
Although highly unlikely, it's possible, we suppose, that all these distinguished publications repeatedly misheard the same individual in the same way, although he has no speech impediment that we know of.
Of the three commercial anchors, Peter Jennings is Canadian, and has that randy gaze that makes men hide their wives; Tom Brokaw looks too boyish, and has a speech impediment; and Dan Rather is famously nuts.