Example Sentences

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She told BBC Scotland her continuing symptoms were debilitating.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2022

“Moving into some periods, which were debilitating, when I found it hard to get off the couch, to periods when I was fully operative but the background noise of anguish still prevailed.”

From The New Yorker • Oct. 10, 2016

If he had some injuries that were debilitating, I would agree that he doesn't have the chance to be that guy anymore.

From Chicago Tribune • Oct. 8, 2011

Ties between banks were debilitating because of the size and complexity of their businesses.

From The Guardian • Jun. 17, 2010

All anthropometric nonsense such as Bertillon's he openly sneered at, just as he scoffed at card indexes and finger prints and other academic innovations which were debilitating the force.

From Never-Fail Blake by Stringer, Arthur