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But there was also another reason why he did not breathe a word to her of his suspicions, and that was the slow dread that was laming him—the dread of her contempt.

From Maurice Guest by Richardson, Henry Handel

The man got off, as a matter of habit, to know what was laming his Horse.

From Johnny Bear And Other Stories from Lives of the Hunted by Seton, Ernest Thompson

Menard knew, from the way his shoulders followed the swing of his arms, that the steady paddling was laming him sadly.

From The Road to Frontenac by Merwin, Samuel