paralyze
verb (used with object)
to affect with paralysis.
had been paralyzing
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past perfect progressiveof paralyze.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Most of all he dwelt on the shortcomings of one of his subjects, who, from all I could gather, had been paralyzing the executive.
From Life's Handicap by Rudyard Kipling
Most of all he dwelt on the shortcomings of one of his subjects, who, from what I could gather, had been paralyzing the executive.
From The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition by Rudyard Kipling
