Sentence examples for were debilitating from inspiring English sources

Hébert believed that modern conveniences such as elevators were debilitating.

In winter snowstorms, they were debilitating not just to productivity, but also to social life.

Those countries had been at loggerheads since the Syrian revolution began in 2011, and their internecine quarrels and proxy wars were debilitating for the opposition.

Michael Caputo, the campaign manager for Carl P. Paladino, the Republican candidate for governor, said that the Paladino campaign had not seen Mr. Ravitch's report, but that Mr. Paladino believed that "gold-plated Medicaid options" were debilitating the state's economy.

The symptoms of Alex Arroyo, 28, a United Parcel Service driver, were debilitating but less severe: he still wanted the two teams to face off, but said he was riven by fear that if the Mets won, their fans would have another 44 years in which to holler, "We beat you in the big dance".

So, at the age of 50, I - the erstwhile Cassandra, who had been so wary about the possible hurt in HRT - was relieved of anxiety and began to use HRT myself to deal with the horrible symptoms of hot flushes, headaches that were debilitating in the extreme, agonisingly painful cramps that kept me awake half the night, and depression, just for openers.

Corruption is debilitating.

Weekends are debilitating.

"The rules are debilitating.

First, it is debilitating.

Then, the condition is debilitating.