maim
verb (used with object)
to deprive of the use of some part of the body by wounding or the like; cripple.
had maimed
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past perfectof maim.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Last fall, for instance, despite ambiguous evidence, a jury ordered Merrell Dow to pay a Texas couple $33.8 million; they claimed the antinausea drug Bendectin had maimed their child in the womb.
From Time Magazine Archive
But something had maimed him, scarred him like Reverend Cooper’s knot, like Saul’s missing teeth, and like his own father.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
The better to struggle with the cruel power that he had challenged, he had followed Origen's example, and had maimed and chastened his imagination.
From The Magic Skin by Marriage, Ellen
She understood that she was herself, in a sense, accountable—that the greatness of her love for the father had maimed the child.
From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Malet, Lucas
He would then find some way to tie the loose, careless life to the life that it had maimed, to the life it had brought into existence.
From The Shadow by Ovington, Mary White
