cripple
were crippling
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past progressiveof cripple.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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A teacher made an emotional plea for help, saying that false accusations of wrongdoing were crippling her and other educators’ ability to teach.
From Washington Post ● May 6, 2022
Jennifer Hanssen, a nurse who entered her daughters in the fair’s “Twins Triplets and More Contest,” said health care costs were crippling to her family.
From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2018
Vu, a veteran of the bureau’s computer-crimes division, had spent years searching for the source of the leaks that were crippling the music industry.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 20, 2015
The limits of scale at that time were crippling.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2013
Whatever character he had he had been born with: it was environment and circumstance that were crippling it.
From Athalie by Frank Craig
