lame
adjective
physically disabled, especially in the foot or leg so as to limp or walk with difficulty.
laming
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present participleof lame.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Of all the difficult hurdles a new French Premier must leap without laming himself, the first and foremost is Algeria.
From Time Magazine Archive
My wife suffered from laming traumatic dislocation for eight years.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since last spring the world's biggest public school system, New York City's, has wallowed along like a superliner with a laming leak.
From Time Magazine Archive
His milk curdled in the dairy and his horse kicked the traces on market day, spilling the load and laming herself into the bargain.
From Tell Me Another Story The Book of Story Programs by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
The desert’s visage had taken on a sinister, forbidding expression; almost as though it resented intrusion—as though it had surrounded some shrine of secret horror with flame-hot, laming obstacles.
From Lodges in the Wilderness by W. C. (William Charles) Scully
