Sentence examples for crippling dependence from inspiring English sources
Our crippling dependence on foreign oil will continue.
Unless strict measures are put into place, in the United States as well as Britain, we will never abandon our crippling dependence on the automobile.
Do they want a country in which their democratic freedoms are eroded by a deliberate exploitation of their fear of terrorism, and their earning power is diminished by a crippling dependence on foreign oil?
Russia's rich scientific traditions and poor record of converting ideas into marketable products are both undisputed, cited as causes for the Soviet collapse and crippling dependence on mining and petroleum.
Many people suffer from crippling alcohol dependence and addiction, and for them a hangover can be the trigger for the next drink.
The subsequent jump in oil and gas imports to Japan has not only underscored the country's crippling energy dependence, but has also exposed how it has lagged its peers in developing renewable energy sources.
"The howl of rage from polarisation and the crippling cost of welfare dependence is a toxic cocktail commingled to stall growth and foster discontent," he said.
They are homeless people who weather the extreme worst of what can happen, experiencing sexual assault, drug dependence, imprisonment and crippling grief.
Despite a lifetime of hardship, they're still fighting, and beneath Dirty Mark's optimism and Chris's angry diatribe, the men were trapped in a cycle of drug dependence and mental illness a symptom of the crippling, larger issue of homelessness and substance abuse in the city.
Several poems celebrate female strength and desire, or demonstrate the crippling effects of repression and control; others acknowledge, unsentimentally, Molloy's fear and dependence as well as her strength.
Not only has this helped to push as many as 2m Iranians into dependence on the cheap drugs that pour in from neighbouring Afghanistan, and to perpetuate a crippling drain of talent through emigration.
