Example Sentences

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The costs of production are just cripplingly high.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 10, 2025

Replacing those precious hours with private training can be done, but it’s cripplingly expensive.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2024

As a child, Couto was cripplingly shy, unable to speak up for himself in public or even at home.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2024

But girls and women face a host of problems from power cuts, to cripplingly slow internet speeds, let alone the cost of computers and wifi in a country where 97% of people live in poverty.

From Reuters • Mar. 27, 2023

“Dad’s weird because he’s afraid we’re going to be cripplingly and emotionally damaged,” Maya replied, her pen between her teeth as she flipped back and forth between her physics textbook and her lab book.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway