maimed

Example Sentences

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She’d begun painting only months earlier, after being injured in a traffic accident that maimed her for life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Animal welfare campaigners said the proposed legislation would stop greyhounds being maimed and killed, but critics called it a needless bill that would not improve animal welfare.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

But many other protesters — understandably aroused by videos of starving, maimed, or dying Gazan children — aren’t thinking that far ahead.

From Seattle Times • May 6, 2024

As Angela meets with the maimed workers, they often tailor their testimonials to what they think will be most appealing to the corporation, their actual circumstance reduced to a pity-inducing performance.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2024

Dispirited and battleworn, carrying their fallen leader, the maimed and wounded hobbled painfully along at the rear, the bitter ashes of vanquishment and defeat mingling with the dust from their stumbling vanguard.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques