Sentence examples for were crippled from inspiring English sources
verb
To make someone a cripple; to cause someone to get a physical disability
- The car bomb crippled five passers-by.
We walked into town once and were crippled.
Many of its horses were crippled by a spinal ailment.
Some died from these beatings or were crippled; others were shot afterward.
The plane's oxygen supply and hydraulics were crippled, and its compass was destroyed.
No, not the actual Julie Andrews, whose vocal cords were crippled in a 1997 throat operation.
Among them were crippled and weak people, who were caught by the others.
In 2013, South Korean banks and broadcasters were crippled by a succession of attacks.
From that moment, Maria claimed, her hands were crippled with rheumatoid arthritis.
"I was here during '78 and we were crippled," said Joseph Casazza, Boston's public works commissioner.
Healthy men in their 20s were crippled by joint pain, headaches and weakness.
On March 20th two big banks and three broadcasters were crippled.
