Sentence examples for it was crippled from inspiring English sources
It was crippled by the 2004 Olympics and tried to borrow its way out of collapse.
It was crippled by an ice storm, and then embarrassed by a temporary seating fiasco on game day.
This problem surfaced while the company was still profitable – that is, before it was crippled by the collapse in the housing market.
The government had to dump $182 billion into the company after it was crippled by bad bets it had made insuring mortgage-backed securities.
By Thursday morning, residents were wondering how the city would cope with two feet when it was crippled by one inch.
It held back the tide of Islam in Asia for nearly six centuries, regaining territory after every setback, until it was crippled by the western stab in the back of the Fourth Crusade in 1204.
The small-government wing remains incensed that voters suspended a tax-restraining measure in 2005, even though it was crippling the state's finances.
It is crippled by a $14 trillion-plus debt and stubbornly high unemployment.
Worst of all, it's crippled by an inflation of villain-value.
In late February 2007 she gave an interview to the Daily Mail, headlined: "I put my faith in the NHS – and it's crippled me".
