Example Sentences

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Historically, Jan. 26 has served as a source of momentum for First Nation’s rights, Mr. Tilmouth said, but the referendum’s failure had handicapped Indigenous people this year.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2024

When we arrived, she immediately checked the vehicles parked in the handicapped spots to make sure they had handicapped placards visible.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2014

Unlimbering his molasses monotone, the Tennessee Senator announced that he will tackle Adlai Stevenson in the March 20 Minnesota primary, a race that Minnesota's Democratic Party leaders had handicapped solidly for Adlai.

From Time Magazine Archive

Enid had gone to the very edge of well-bred lengths to land Courtney Millet, but Scots ancestry and an incurable habit of talking sensibly and rather well had handicapped her efforts.

From Who Cares? a story of adolescence by Hamilton, Cosmo

I maintained that this was merely an example of enormous will-power enabling a man to overcome and rise superior to the defects of character with which nature had handicapped him.

From Novel Notes by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)