He fought now like a human flail, and every sweep of that terrible sword would have severed in twain any man or boy who obstructed it; but Peter fluttered round him as if the very wind it made blew him out of the danger zone.
The stones that once obstructed the way had been carefully placed—not thrown–along the sides of the lane, so as to define its boundaries at bottom with a kind of half–precise, half–negligent, and wholly picturesque definition.
Federal prosecutors on Monday said the company had "impeded and obstructed" regulators' inquiries and provided "misleading information.
Others had obstructed justice by trying to hide criminal actions after finding out that they were under investigation.
We know that those who choke off the heart's native impulses will likely bring on a coronary thrombosis of obstructed emotion which can cripple.
It's typically caused by an obstructed airway, which leads to snoring.
Umbrellas, sticks, and hats swung in the net before him, and almost obstructed the prospect, which was really very imposing; and as he glanced at it, his memory recalled the words of one poet at least, who has sung of Switzerland, and whose poems have not yet been printed:— "How lovely to my wondering eyes Mont Blanc's fair summits gently rise; 'Tis sweet to breathe the mountain air,— If you have gold enough to spare.
