Example Sentences

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"This is definitely the toughest it's ever been, and there's been some tough times, but certainly the rising costs have been crippling," he says.

From BBC • May 21, 2025

Self-inflicted, though, implies the Lakers will be able to stop doing these things, which, through 12 games, have been crippling.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2022

“That would have been crippling for us,” Hudy said about another postponement.

From Washington Post • Dec. 27, 2021

And even with health coverage, her out-of-pocket costs have been crippling, especially since she had to stop working.

From US News • Sep. 7, 2016

Is not our principle of action the same, while I have greater power and have been crippling higher types of men, and giving them, for sport, an impulse towards the devil?

From An Original Belle by Roe, Edward Payson