paralysis

Example Sentences

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Officials said the symptoms he reportedly experienced—paralysis, acute pain and respiratory failure—are consistent with epibatidine poisoning.

From The Wall Street Journal

This can cause paralysis and disrupt sensations such as touch and temperature.

From Science Daily

The coach—after a fleeting moment of paralysis—agrees.

From The Wall Street Journal

Delays in antivenom administration can result in respiratory failure, paralysis, irreversible tissue damage, or organ failure.

From BBC

“I was in a state of absolute political paralysis.”

From The Wall Street Journal