Sentence examples for it was crippling from inspiring English sources

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 was crippling," she recalls.

It was crippling stage fright that ended Macdonald's career as an actor in the early 80s.

"We realised that it couldn't go on," says Davis. "It was crippling the firm, wasn't it?" That collective realisation led to the meeting with Castle.

It was crippling on some days and a mere afterthought on others.

It was crippling for some, but most of our writers were addicts of the typewriter, and one of the glories of this was that it was a conveyer belt we thoroughly addicted our readers.

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.

The government had to dump $182 billion into the company after it was crippled by bad bets it had made insuring mortgage-backed securities.

This problem surfaced while the company was still profitable – that is, before it was crippled by the collapse in the housing market.

By Thursday morning, residents were wondering how the city would cope with two feet when it was crippled by one inch.