cripple
Example Sentences
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But it also cripples his sanity since the fire creates more vengeful spirits that only he can see.
From Salon ● Dec. 8, 2025
Shoaib Awan, from the group, says the crime is a nationwide "plague that cripples businesses - the loss of work, the loss of earnings".
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2025
This legacy often cripples their ability to transition into adulthood as a functioning member of society.
From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2023
Then there are the more than half-million patients like Santos, who has a malignancy of the blood or lymph nodes that cripples a vital line of defense against infection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2022
Mance Rayder’s host had broken against the Wall like a wave upon a stony shore, though the defenders were no more than a handful of old men, green boys, and cripples.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
