crippling
Example Sentences
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Their crippling codependence is alienating, as if there really were only one of them.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
Boucher said she had had to take out personal loans to cover the costs, which had been "crippling".
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
The sickness spread to Detroit before reaching Buffalo and Rochester in upstate New York, crippling local economies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
By 2015, however, crippling anxiety and loss of control left him so overwhelmed that he carried a water bottle everywhere, terrified that he might choke on his own saliva.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Under it all, the calls keep coming from the cage, and my sick feeling gets near to crippling.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
