palsied
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- unpalsied adjective
Etymology
Origin of palsied
Example Sentences
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He tottered about, shivering, and stuffed every open chink as well as he could with his palsied paws, until no light came through anywhere.
From Literature
He struggled with palsied hands to shield his exposed body with a thin towel.
From Washington Post
“If we hadn’t been involved, very soon there would have been others to work for the cerebral palsied,” she wrote in a 1983 foreword to “Karen.”
From Washington Post
Recall his laughing imitation of a disabled reporter, palsied arms and hands shaking.
From The Guardian
And they were completely unmoved by his angry contempt: “You, standing palsied at the gate of death and yet afraid to die!”
From Literature
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