crutch

Example Sentences

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I didn’t think I could stand without some kind of crutch, but I knew I couldn’t walk.

From Literature

"It's like wanting to saw off your own leg just because you have a great crutch," he said.

From Barron's

He charged past me, using the sides of the narrow passageway as a makeshift crutch as he hobbled on his bad leg.

From Literature

That’s when Papa made a crutch for her out of a red oak limb with a fork on one end.

From Literature

She said she’s “very much immobile,” confined to a wheelchair for the time being and then on crutches for at least two months.

From Los Angeles Times