crippling
Britishadjective
Other Word Forms
- cripplingly adverb
Example Sentences
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Anyone with dementia, Parkinson’s or another progressive disease will face crippling costs just to get through each day.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026
When Richard the Lionheart led crusades to the Middle East they were funded by crippling taxes at home.
From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026
The damp climate and the rigors of life on the march were tough for a man in his 60s who had long suffered from crippling gout and could often barely walk.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
But this has been a season characterised by crippling inconsistency, and Newcastle are ninth in the table for a reason.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
Thus at the peak of the Civil Rights Movement, activists and others began to turn their attention to economic problems, arguing that socioeconomic inequality interacted with racism to produce crippling poverty and related social problems.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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