Example Sentences
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Feeling paralyzed, she thought about hiring someone to help her, even though she didn’t want to spend the money on a landscape designer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
“Uncertainty has weighed on FX volatility, which is falling,” wrote Société Générale’s veteran foreign exchange strategist Kit Juckes in a Thursday note titled “FX remains paralyzed by binary possibilities.”
From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026
Maybe they do blame themselves, and are paralyzed by an unfounded shame.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026
“This attribution challenge has paralyzed the international community’s response,” Jason Hsu, a former Taiwan legislator now at the Hudson Institute, recently told a U.S. legislative commission in written testimony.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
I lay in the trough of the brim, paralyzed.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
