Example Sentences

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Do not wage war on creatures made of air, for that will lame your arm and you will die of dry rot.

From Master Olof : a Drama in Five Acts by Björkman, Edwin

"It will lame you frightfully, I warn you."

From The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop by Garland, Hamlin

Some they will lame, others they will let loose.

From Roger Willoughby A Story of the Times of Benbow by Webb, Archibald

If a man stumble over it while it lies there to be built upon, he will lame and maim himself.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Maclaren, Alexander