Thesaurus / palsied
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She raised her languid eyes to her child, but her palsied tongue could speak no word of tenderness.
MADAME ROLAND, MAKERS OF HISTORYJOHN S. C. ABBOTTI never knew but one man you could trust with a woman, and he was so palsied that a child could push him over.
A LITTLE UNION SCOUTJOEL CHANDLER HARRISAnd out of the window a white face leaned, And a palsied hand the pale face screened.
THE BOOK OF HUMOROUS VERSEVARIOUSHappily, the little child was to evade that harsher penalty—the unwarranted bitterness and affront of a lingering, palsied age.
MARK TWAIN, A BIOGRAPHY, 1835-1910, COMPLETEALBERT BIGELOW PAINERaising his hand to tear off the paper, he was amazed to feel a thrill pass through it, and his arm fell palsied at his side.
MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF OUR OWN LAND, COMPLETECHARLES M. SKINNERAlice thrust backward a palsied hand and, clutching the young man she had danced with, dragged him forward.
WHAT WILL PEOPLE SAY?RUPERT HUGHESWith almost palsied hand, at a temperance meeting, John B. Gough signed the pledge.
HOW TO SUCCEEDORISON SWETT MARDENWith anxious care he raised the shrunken figure and settled the pillows under the palsied head.
PIPPIN; A WANDERING FLAMELAURA E. RICHARDSThe dagger dropped from his palsied grasp, and, at the same instant, his sword flew above his head.
TALES FROM "BLACKWOOD"VARIOUSRomance vindicates the supernatural against science and rescues it from the palsied tutelage of morality.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONWALTER RALEIGHWORDS RELATED TO PALSIED
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