Example Sentences

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Property taxes, currently around $2,718 a month, are crippling the club, according to McKechnie.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025

We would cure some of the things that are crippling our democracy.

From Salon • Jun. 14, 2025

Haney said that landlords’ restrictions on pets are crippling for the majority of California renters.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2024

Not much came of it, however, and North Korea still faces the hardline sanctions that are crippling its economy.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2021

If we shut ourselves up, we are crippling a dashing troop of artillery; and, worse still, letting the scoundrels think they are our masters.

From Gil the Gunner The Youngest Officer in the East by Overend, William Heysham