Sentence examples for this was crippling from inspiring English sources

Stanton insisted that this was crippling Houma's effectiveness, and BP gave its employees greater autonomy.

Won't this be crippling for some micro-businesses and small firms?

This is crippling for new artists who depend on their earnings to make new music.

This is crippling many smaller and midsize firms, which often turn to the black market because banks make them wait months to get currency at the official rate.

This is crippling at a time when we need more of these doctors, not fewer, to keep up with rising demand on services.

This is crippling Brazil's exports and fueling unemployment.

As important as playing against the Eastern Conference leaders -- the Indiana Pacers -- is on Monday in New York, the Knicks' loss in this swing game was crippling to their effort to steal the No. 2 seeding away from the Heat.

This double dose of trauma was crippling and living under the most challenging of circumstances only compounded the horribleness of everything.

The death was crippling, but it was through this experience that I saw my boyfriend grow into a man.

"Going viral was crippling," he said.

"It was crippling," she recalls.