Example Sentences

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“Not only had this patrol set a new record for ships sunk, but it had paralyzed Japanese shipping” in the area, Mr. Clavin writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

The meeting came one day after Mr. Johnson, Louisiana Republican, secured the speaker’s gavel following weeks of GOP infighting that had paralyzed Congress.

From Washington Times • Oct. 26, 2023

It was 1980 and Jimmy Carter was in the White House, bedeviled by a hostage crisis in Iran that had paralyzed his presidency and hampered his effort to win a second term.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2023

One man had a cancer that had paralyzed the left side of his face, the result of what had once been an easily treatable basal cell carcinoma.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2023

Then came silence and calm, as if the impact had paralyzed the sky.

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen