Sentence examples for own handicap from inspiring English sources

Scherzer had his own handicap because the Nationals began the game with three regular position players on the disabled list: center fielder Denard Span; third baseman Anthony Rendon and outfielder Jayson Werth.

Help for the disabled is the theme of a newsletter published by Mariam Allen-Brownson, who won't let her own handicap slow her down (she's wheelchair ridden).

Alternatively, these females may exercise stronger mate choice to compensate for their own handicap [19].

Once he heads for the track though, he leaves everything up to his own: handicapping ability.

Regional political conflicts, continuing violence, a lack of technical abilities -- each province has its own handicaps.

I go over all the facts and figures I like to liken them to hieroglyphics -- in The Racing Form and elsewhere, then spend considerable time doing my own handicapping.

Have you considered working past your own handicaps?

In climbing the income curve, I'll also have to make up for my own financial handicap: I don't actually know anything about economics.

Although the present study is limited by a cross-sectional design, and so no causal conclusions can be drawn, the authors discuss whether the replicated elevated Agreeableness scores in PWS might represent a self-defense mechanism to cope with one's own speech handicap.

Admittedly it is not a perfect system, and some are unable to take advantage of opportunities due to no fault of their own: individual handicaps, personal catastrophes, natural disasters and medical emergencies affect millions.

Krigstein was never associated with a specific character (the most sure ticket to comics success), and he never wrote his own stories (a handicap in a narrative medium).