crippling
Example Sentences
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Anyone with dementia, Parkinson’s or another progressive disease will face crippling costs just to get through each day.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026
Iran has lashed out at Gulf nations, long seen as a relative safe haven in a volatile region, hammering the tourism industry and crippling global air travel as their major hubs come under attack.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
Some viewers see it as a thinly veiled endorsement of the policy - hailed in the film as a crippling masterstroke to weed out fake currency from Pakistan.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
It would mean 60,000+ district workers — teachers, counselors, nurses, bus drivers, janitors and cafeteria workers — would walk out, crippling school operations.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
Mariam was dumbfounded that she could miss in such a crippling manner a being she had never even seen.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
