Sentence examples for crippling effect from inspiring English sources

But it has a certain crippling effect.

A criminal conviction can have a crippling effect on an individual's economic mobility.

Despite the crippling effect of the economy, he anticipated having whatever money is necessary.

The crippling effect of influenza was brought home to me some years ago when a friend developed the illness.

The advent of the Kennedy Administration had a crippling effect on him, from which he has never fully recovered.

He has a predator's instinct for old injuries, the better to maximize the crippling effect of a well-aimed dart.

Austerity will have a crippling effect on the majority while those at the top are carefully insulated.

The crippling effect was recently on display in Nigeria, which overtook South Africa as the continent's biggest economy last year.

The cuts are evenly divided between defense and nondefense programs, with analysts predicting a crippling effect on all affected departments and agencies.

China's slowdown is setting the stage for a drop in the price of oil, which has had a crippling effect on growth in the United States.

In her book, she writes about the crippling effect of her desperate need to please people: her husband, her colleagues, etc.