paralysis
Example Sentences
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First, there was the paralysis of flights through some of the busiest airspace in the world, leaving aircraft at major hub airports grounded and hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
His serious spinal injury was triggered by a fall in 2021, which required emergency surgery to prevent paralysis, his manager Theresa Fortier said in a statement at the time.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026
“What is surprising is how there was no point—even on Saturday morning—where there was the level of paralysis in Iran that we saw at the start of the June war,” Krieg said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026
Epibatidine, found in the Ecuadoran dart frog, causes muscle paralysis and eventual asphyxiation.
From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026
“Right,” I said, thankful for the pain that broke my paralysis.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
