incapacitated
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Incapacitated and no longer able to speak, the elder Mr. Boreyko was carried down the stairs of his apartment building.
From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2022
Incapacitated in bed, he discussed attending his grandson’s wedding when he got better, and picking up a wartime medal that the government had promised.
From The Guardian • Aug. 15, 2015
Incapacitated and unable to “get up” for four months following the operation, he had a spiritual awakening of sorts.
From Time • Jun. 6, 2013
Incapacitated by a horrendous toothache—a strong contender for the broadest metaphor in history—Don refuses, at first, to have the malignant thing inside him excised.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2012
Incapacitated for exertion, or fearing to be dragged to the hospital, he has shut himself in this apartment.
From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Brown, Charles Brockden
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