crutch

Example Sentences

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A year later, Hossain walks with an artificial leg and a crutch, but he cannot return to his job on a rubber plantation.

From Barron's

Germany is proof that countries don’t instantly dissolve when deprived of the crutch of triumphalist heritage.

From Salon

Shot in the leg, she used crutches to take to the stage.

From BBC

He was sent for scans and ruled out of the rest of the Test, later seen on crutches with rest of the series for him in peril.

From Barron's

Sir Chris Hoy says he is on crutches and "hobbling about" after breaking a leg in a cycling crash which he described as the "worst" of his life.

From BBC