Example Sentences

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As the housing market limps along, analysts have become less enthused about D.R.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

Now the industry limps along by focusing on artificial intelligence; private equity also has experienced setbacks and looks even wobblier to me.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

At Good Samaritan, Maia limps into the ER, cons her way into priority triage, gets stitched up, and limps back out against the doctor’s orders.

From Salon • Dec. 15, 2025

As Pilar Galang limps with her walking stick into a room full of fellow octogenarian women in a sleepy Philippine town, she suddenly struggles to remember why she is wearing her favourite floral dress.

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2023

But instead he limps to the door as if I've ceased to exist.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir