Example sentences for: crippling

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

  • These arrears are crippling the United Nations, which gets a quarter of its $2.

  • The papacy in Rome had lost prestige with the dissolution of the Jesuits and the crippling loss of revenue from the Hapsburg Church reforms.

  • The judges' 2-1 decision deals a crippling blow to the FDA's efforts to curb the targeting of underage smokers.

  • The pro-bombing spin: NATO will soon attack the Serbs' tanks and troops directly, crippling their ability to slaughter the Kosovars.

  • At the great Sauternes vineyard Château d'Yquem they make none of their legendary wine if the weather has been particularly bad--a crippling financial decision, less and less likely to be made as the old standards of the owner, the Comte de Lurs-Saluces, are replaced by those of management gnomes.


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