Example sentences for: crippled

How can you use “crippled” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • He crippled Gore's chances of defeating Bush--who as a Republican is destined to lead America into its next recession or depression, as the GOP always does--and he squandered two years of economic expansion during which really great programs might have been enacted while we had the cash lying around.

  • Ernest Jones, Freud's English biographer, famously observed that Hamlet, wishing his father dead, was unable to survive his father's actual murder because he was so crippled by guilt.

  • He grew up hardscrabble and was crippled in the bloom of his handsome prime!

  • Thompson's poor performance has infuriated conservative colleagues, especially Trent Lott, and may have crippled his presidential ambitions.

  • 7. "From the most recent issue of the Atlantic : 'When they envision their future, Xers don't just see a government drifting toward the political equivalent of Chapter 11 ; they also see a crippled social structure, a dwindling middle class, and a despoiled natural habitat.


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