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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The scoping study said assembly members had given examples of constituents "who have experienced significant unexplained increases in service charges that were crippling in their effect".
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
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
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 day served as a fitting remembrance for a man whose compulsions were crippling, but who in moments of better health disarmed friends with a goofy pirate costume or a dance.
From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2014
Whatever character he had he had been born with: it was environment and circumstance that were crippling it.
From Athalie by Frank Craig
