lameness

Example Sentences

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The first efforts went into half-baked compliance cars, built in small numbers to satisfy California’s advanced-vehicle technology mandate—a conspiracy of lameness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

This time, Shakman and the script’s four-person writing team of Josh Friedman, Eric Pearson, Jeff Kaplan and Ian Springer valorize their lameness and restore their dignity.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025

Foot and mouth disease is a highly infectious virus which causes blisters inside an animal's mouth and under their hooves, and can cause lameness and problems feeding.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2025

These details almost seemed like an admission that he’s in on the joke, or at least that his lameness was coming to an end along with the company’s.

From Slate • Oct. 30, 2024

No longer did he stab out with a foreleg as he ran, producing the curiously choppy duck- waddle gait that so many observers had mistaken for lameness.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand