Example Sentences

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The costs of production are just cripplingly high.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 10, 2025

Replacing those precious hours with private training can be done, but it’s cripplingly expensive.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2024

Foremost, local policymakers can take steps to make U.S. cities less cripplingly car-dependent.

From Salon • Sep. 27, 2023

Opening the BCC's annual conference Ms Haviland said companies had been hit by "eye-watering" energy bills, rising interest rates and a "cripplingly tight labour market".

From BBC • May 17, 2023

“Dad’s weird because he’s afraid we’re going to be cripplingly and emotionally damaged,” Maya replied, her pen between her teeth as she flipped back and forth between her physics textbook and her lab book.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway