paralyzing

Example Sentences

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Paralyzing traffic is one symptom; the increasingly absurd price of putting a roof over one’s head is another.

From New York Times • May 7, 2018

Paralyzing grief was made plain in a single, breathtaking bit of lace and tulle.

From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2015

Paralyzing that sharp, unseen contact had been, but nothing of pain followed it.

From The Metal Monster by Merritt, Abraham

Paralyzing physical disabilities before and after interfered with his movements.

From The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo by Brady, Cyrus Townsend

Paralyzing the autocratic government by a strike, it brings its own democratic order into the life of the working city population.

From Our Revolution Essays on Working-Class and International Revolution, 1904-1917 by Trotzky, Leon Davidovich