paralytic

Example Sentences

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Zuñiga fell asleep almost instantly, avoiding one of the very rare but terrifying moments a human can experience: having the paralytic hit while they are still awake.

From Los Angeles Times

The current law requires the use of an ultra-fast-acting barbiturate in combination with a chemical paralytic agent.

From Washington Times

Watching oneself do a thing can cause the thing to become something else — and then something else — and on and on, into paralytic infinity.

From Washington Post

The paralytic condition steals people’s ability to walk, speak, eat and ultimately breathe, typically causing death within two to five years.

From New York Times

Franklin D. Roosevelt and his aides disguised his inability to walk unaided, the result of paralytic disease, as well as a host of serious ailments at the end of his life.

From New York Times