crippled
Example Sentences
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Stocks slumped as the conflict in the Middle East crippled travel through some of the world’s most crowded transit arteries.
He said there were doctors in Oklahoma City that could take a crippled leg and straighten it out as straight as a ramrod.
From Literature
That promise wouldn’t change much—Iran is believed to have stopped enriching uranium after U.S. strikes crippled its main nuclear facilities in June—and falls short of U.S. demands that it halt enrichment altogether.
The failed campaigns left his father in financial and emotional turmoil that crippled his marriage when Newsom was a small boy.
From Los Angeles Times
World War II cemented the snack’s dominance: Sugar rationing crippled candy production, while popcorn, unrationed and still cheap, filled the void.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
