crutch

Example Sentences

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Shot in the leg, she used crutches to take to the stage.

From BBC

He was sent for scans and ruled out of the rest of the Test, later seen on crutches with rest of the series for him in peril.

From Barron's

Sir Chris Hoy says he is on crutches and "hobbling about" after breaking a leg in a cycling crash which he described as the "worst" of his life.

From BBC

"The way I use my crutches means I'm always up on my tippy-toes," she told host Grace Neutral.

From BBC

Encouragingly for cryptocurrencies, the rebound is continuing without the crutch of a stock-market rally to support it.

From Barron's