The pack was sufficiently active to give us considerable anxiety, although pressure lines and open water did not at the time seriously impede our progress.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
If the temple be intricate in its internal construction, if its architectural fancies impede our passage; if they make us stumble or even fall; his invariable advice is this: Throw light on the stumbling-blocks; fix your torch above them at such points as the architect approves.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
The weapon was slung over his back where it would not impede his movements; and with a single glance backward he set out with a long, swinging stride such as he knew by experience he could maintain for many hours.
"Dick in the Desert"
James Otis