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Meanings of paralyzed in English

Affected with paralysis.

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Examples for "paralytic"
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Clerambault looked at the brave calm eyes of the paralytic, and said:
Clerambault: The Story of an Independent Spirit During the War
2
M. de Chateaubriand, at the beginning of 1847, was a paralytic; Mme.
The Memoirs of Victor Hugo
3
The Constable had stopped in his tracks like a man struck paralytic.
Americans All / Stories of American Life of To-Day
4
The two escorts were by this time well nigh paralytic with laughter.
The Shellback's Progress / In the Nineteenth Century
5
He will have a paralytic stroke, murmured the senators to one another.
Berlin and Sans-Souci; Or, Frederick the Great and His Friends
Usage of paralyzed in English
1
Post-coup politics had paralyzed a nation once touted as a model democracy.
Reuters
2
June 5... Well, he's paralyzed now, and his future is extremely ominous.
I’m With the Band
3
The knife was still locked in the fingers of the paralyzed hand.
Planet of the Damned
4
Sometimes workers would go to bed feeling fine, but wake up paralyzed.
A short history of nearly everything
5
Police operations would be paralyzed if they got involved in every one.
Blind willow, sleeping woman
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Your wife seems almost paralyzed; she doesn't want anyone to do anything.
Rabbit, run
7
His second bullet had struck her shoulder and paralyzed her left arm.
The girl who played with fire
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The idea of going back into the dark alone, however, paralyzed me.
Enclave
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Another attack in December paralyzed the Albany County Airport Authority's administrative computers.
Reuters
10
Hopeless in mind and paralyzed in body, she again sank down inactive.
Married Life; Its Shadows and Sunshine
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On the Friday night of the murder the departments were absolutely paralyzed.
The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth
12
Or imagine the bow paralyzed at the moment of the deepest sounding.
The Amazing Marriage — Volume 2
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Parts of the city were paralyzed for a fifth day on Friday.
Reuters
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Her liveliest activity now was organizing outdoor sports in the motor-paralyzed town.
Main Street
15
It just kept you from being paralyzed by terror all the time.
Sister Mine
16
London was going to grind to a standstill, paralyzed by security fears.
Reuters
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