crippling
Example Sentences
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"It does feel cripplingly lonely when everyone has their own thing to do."
From BBC
Earlier this year, London classical music venue Wigmore Hall quit the annual funding system, calling it "crippling".
From BBC
But shadow fleet activity had "expanded dramatically" after Russia was hit with crippling sanctions following its invasion of Ukraine, the institute said in September.
From Barron's
It is crippling industry and hobbling Europe’s ability to attract key economic drivers like artificial intelligence, which requires cheap and abundant electricity.
For the Navy, which operates only a small number of cargo ships and relies on commercial carriers and mariners for most of its needs, the shortfall could be crippling.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
