Example Sentences

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P now suffers from severe dystonic cerebral palsy, is effectively blind, has an intellectual disability, has epilepsy, can only communicate by crying and cannot be comforted when crying.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2025

Kiegan had an unsafe swallow, was profoundly deaf, had impaired vision and dystonic cerebral palsy.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2023

She and her sister, Annie Lachhman, who uses a wheelchair and has dystonic cerebral palsy, share their own New York adventures.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2023

This extreme dystonic vision doesn’t correlate with the minimal regulations laid out by the agreement.

From Slate • Jun. 1, 2017

After a number of unsuccessful remedies, Dr. Jabusch said, Schumann simply “avoided dystonic moves.”

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2012