Sentence examples for hobbled the development from inspiring English sources

This classic chicken-or-egg dilemma has long hobbled the development of most alternative fuels and has assured the supremacy of oil.

Oil prices dipped under $90 a barrel this week, down about 40% from earlier in the year; that will dramatically hobble the development of a country like Angola.

But the original legislation—and even updated versions—was vaguely written and would have severely hobbled the up-to-now-robust development of the Web.

The tension has also hobbled the economic recovery.

Cyber-attacks have repeatedly hobbled the paper's website.

It was that myopia that hobbled the original Mac.

With each advance, Correa hobbled the initiative.

Despite toting a winning record, injuries hobbled the team.

Delegates said the constraints of the still-faltering global economy had dampened hopes and refueled the conflicts between industrialized and developing countries that have hobbled international development and environment talks for years.

The shortages since have hobbled economic development and disrupted almost every aspect of daily life.

Four years ago President Bush withdrew the U.S. from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty because it severely hobbled our development efforts.