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

Adora is also in possession of “one of the weirder jobs”: a fellowship from the partially paralyzed, mind-bogglingly rich descendant of a steel baron to provide moral training to his spoiled, acquisitive preteen twin sons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Maybe they do blame themselves, and are paralyzed by an unfounded shame.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Meanwhile, shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, which usually carries around a fifth of global LNG, is paralyzed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

For three days, Yakima was paralyzed and cut off from the world, its airport closed, its approach roads impassable.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson