crippling
Britishadjective
Other Word Forms
- cripplingly adverb
Example Sentences
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The January 23–26 system dumped snow and crippling ice from New Mexico to Maine, with some of the worst effects felt in the South, and it was linked to more than 100 deaths.
From Barron's
Plaid Cymru MS Sioned Williams said that while the baby bundles were welcomed, families had been waiting "throughout a crippling cost of living crisis" since the scheme was piloted in 2020.
From BBC
The storm was expected to linger for days, shifting into the heavily populated mid-Atlantic and northeastern states while crippling daily life and ushering in a frigid air mass across the country.
From Barron's
It warns of “crippling ice and sleet to portions of the Southern Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley Friday.”
From Barron's
"One day," Qi said, "we hope to develop mitochondria-targeted therapies that will enable people to regain normal function and quality of life, transforming Parkinson's from a crippling, progressive condition into a manageable or resolved one."
From Science Daily
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