Sentence examples for crippling setback from inspiring English sources

But it was not the crippling setback it could have been.

One senior Bush official said that while the governor could endure a defeat here next Saturday, it would be a crippling setback with the potential to lead major supporters to defect to Mr. McCain.

The 2018 midterm election looked last Tuesday like a serious but not crippling setback for Republicans, yet the picture has grown grimmer for the party since then as a more complete tally of votes has come in across the country.

"It's a setback, but it's by no means a crippling setback," said Harvey Lichtenstein, the chairman of the two-year-old nonprofit development corporation, which is coordinating a 10-year, $560 million plan to create a cultural district of theaters, dance studios, loft housing and performance spaces.

The long quest to revive the nation's nuclear power industry suffered a crippling setback Monday when two South Carolina utilities halted construction on a pair of reactors that once were expected to showcase a modern design for a new age of nuclear power.

The resulting German-occupied territory held 64% of France's pig-iron production, 24% of its steel manufacturing and 40% of the total coal mining capacity, dealing a serious, but not crippling setback to French industry.

As Vote Hemp notes in its press release, Kentucky is not the first state to push for industrial hemp at the state level, only to encounter crippling setbacks due to federal strictures.

His departure is seen not only as a crippling blow to Democratic efforts to regain control of the Senate but also as a setback to across-the-aisle cooperation, which is increasingly rare these days.

He endured galling professional setbacks and crippling attacks of gout with the same philosophical equanimity, if not acquiescence.

Campaigns to eliminate the crippling disease in those countries have suffered serious setbacks over the past year.

"Every new case of polio is a personal tragedy, and every new case is a setback in our global fight to defeat this crippling, deadly disease," said Mr. Lake.