laid low
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, consumer and business confidence in China, already laid low by the implosion of a mega property bubble, is sinking further thanks to trade-war uncertainties.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025
He retired in 2005, while AIG was laid low during the 2008-2009 financial crisis due to losses in financial derivatives.
From Barron's • Dec. 13, 2025
Attempts to prolong the life in its current form of a company laid low by years of under-investment, overgenerous pay and dividends, poor regulation and changing climate may be doomed.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2025
Some might say that Jackson, laid low by disease, “can’t walk like he used to and talk like he used to,” Sharpton said.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2024
Nsia smiled upon me as I spake gently to those laid low, and as I took their hands.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
