Sentence examples for there was paralysis from inspiring English sources

"When cellphones went down, there was paralysis and panic," said Shoji Ogasawara, the head of emergency communications at Miyako's City Hall, where the tsunami filled the first floor with foul-smelling mud.

"Right now, there is paralysis in the department," the officer said, citing the police killings of the unarmed Amadou Diallo and Patrick M. Dorismond.

Referring obliquely to Europe and the US he added, "In Russia there is no paralysis of decision-making.

Sometimes there was a paralysis but the stadiums will be ready.

"There was a paralysis in the executive," said the spokesman, Bakary Mariko.

The play showed how important and, indeed, how disturbing images of transformation could be in a society in which there was repression, paralysis, political stagnation, a strange vacuum.

In April he said there was "a paralysis of growth-enhancing reforms in India".

The result is paralysis.

The only mistake is paralysis.

There was a policy paralysis".

Measurements were made on the left side unless there was previous amputation, paralysis or contracture.