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After my crying spell stopped, I gritted my teeth, tucked my crutch under my right arm, and turned to my husband.
Ironically, the same psychological crutch of self-justification can then help in these situations.
For me, technology is a delightfully helpful crutch to scaffold me into more advanced meditative practices.
“Sometimes swearing is a crutch that can be leaned on rather than used for emphasis,” he says.
Although I do love, I think that sometimes swearing is a crutch that can be leaned on rather than used for emphasis.
He was between the wheels when we stopped, and I planted a crutch on one of his bare feet and embraced him.
At the mention of the doughty Scot I pounded the floor with my crutch and repeated "Dug—dug—dug."
My crutch emphasized this mandate, but I could not see how it was received, for every scholar's face was hidden from me by a book.
I hurled my pipe into the smouldering coals; I tossed a crutch at little Colonel, and the dog ran howling from the room.
Ezekiel designed a statue located at Lynchburg in honor of Major Daniel which shows him seated and holding a crutch.
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On this page you'll find 22 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to crutch, such as: cane, aid, bolster, brace, buttress, and help.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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