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Example sentences for "paralyzed"

Lexicographically close words:
paralysing; paralysis; paralytic; paralytick; paralyze; paralyzes; paralyzing; paramagnetic; paramecium; parameter
  1. Gertrude was almost paralyzed with fear, and Kate lay at her feet in the swoon into which the action of the wolf had thrown her.

  2. I just grazed his spinal cord with the ball; it paralyzed him for a moment, that's all.

  3. They were so astonished for a few seconds that they stood paralyzed before they ventured in the shed to take a good look at the little animals.

  4. And, his hand paralyzed and tingling with the shock, Gascar remained staring at the jug-handle still in his grip and at the flowing rum on deck.

  5. The steady “O” of the revolver-muzzle paralyzed his tongue and numbed his arm.

  6. That lithe, strong man, suddenly paralyzed into a thing half dead and yet alive, was particularly horrible to remember.

  7. And now mankind, when old age had paralyzed his skill, was passing him by, as if he had been no more than a broken-up wreck on the shores of the sea of human existence.

  8. I had no fear, but I was--how shall I express it--paralyzed by astonishment.

  9. But I who know how often and how wearily he said "What's the use," am sure that that mocking question lay at his heart, and paralyzed the will to do.

  10. And the lean white face of the man with the gun looked on with a stolid, paralyzed smile.

  11. Meanwhile, half paralyzed with excitement, I remained standing at the door.

  12. Ala instantly comprehended his intention, and encouraged her followers, who were all but paralyzed with fright, to clamber aboard.

  13. The endeavor to solve this mystery has on one hand stimulated his reasoning power, and on the other nearly paralyzed it.

  14. In consequence of this conflict, which was violent and prolonged, the intellectual life of Egypt was paralyzed and the mystic teachings of the priests were henceforth not disturbed by any wave of progress or advance.

  15. The two Princes of Lorraine, once so powerful, paralyzed by the brief concord between the first Prince of the Blood, the Queen-mother, and Calvin?

  16. Cornelius, who then stood silent and motionless as a paralyzed creature.

  17. A shrill outcry, dying away into a moan, then into silence, the crash of broken flagons, a lifeless form gliding from his paralyzed arms to the floor, roused Roffredo to the reality of what had happened.

  18. Seemingly hemmed in by an obstacle, the nature, which he knew not, she stood before him paralyzed with horror.

  19. Almost paralyzed with fear she listened to his mad pleading.

  20. So quickly, so unexpectedly did it all happen, that even the officiating Cardinal seemed completely paralyzed by the suddenness of Eckhardt's flight.

  21. A sense of strain in the air paralyzed conversation after the first greetings had been interchanged.

  22. So dazed was she by the sudden attack that her paralyzed muscles were unable to resist as she felt herself swung up into a crushing embrace.

  23. A lithe spring brought it atop a mound of supplies scarcely ten feet from where she lay paralyzed with fear.

  24. Curzad leaped from his place at the door, brushing past the paralyzed onlookers, and reached out to engulf the crazed young nobleman in his strong arms.

  25. Before Trakor could recover from his initial shock, those trembling grasses parted, and with majestic deliberation, Sadu, the lion, stepped into the trail less than twenty paces from the paralyzed youngster.

  26. Opposing currents of people paralyzed all progress.

  27. Troops and inhabitants seemed to have been paralyzed with fear.

  28. The Iroquois moved about mysteriously in small bands, and paralyzed agriculture.

  29. Still the troublous times it had been undergoing had not allowed them at Montreal to feel their restrictions, just as the times still ahead were not suitable for availing themselves of their new privileges, for war paralyzed commerce.

  30. This penury paralyzed operations, for it was impossible to put the troops in motion without provisions.

  31. The quarrel became so envenomed that all the business of the council was paralyzed during many months.

  32. Being then requested to move her right leg, she said the whole of her right side was paralyzed -- she could neither move arm nor leg.

  33. The hand and arm were immediately paralyzed -- fixed with marble-like firmness.

  34. The National Hospital erected for the Paralyzed and Epileptic (England) owes its origin to the humane efforts of two sisters, Joanna and Louisa Chandler.

  35. Such inertia was so inexplicable to the initiated that Kaplan Giraj remained standing in front of Halil paralyzed with astonishment.

  36. A very aged, tremulous, half paralyzed Ulema was there among them, the dervish Mohammed, and he it was who at length ventured to speak.

  37. As for the others, they seemed paralyzed by the suddenness and fierceness of my attack.

  38. Valeria realized that it was not fear alone that paralyzed him.

  39. He is only paralyzed temporarily," she remarked conversationally.

  40. The man stood motionless, an embodiment of paralyzed horror, staring fixedly at the apparition.

  41. Xatmec leaned frozen against the door, as if paralyzed in that position.

  42. Distrust of their actual leader paralyzed the nations of Western Asia, and they did not as yet see their way clearly towards placing themselves under any other guidance.

  43. His death must for the time have paralyzed the conspirators, and have greatly relieved Artabanus.

  44. A plague of locusts had spread itself over Upper Mesopotamia, and the consequent scarcity of forage completely paralyzed a force which consisted almost entirely of cavalry.

  45. Possessed of unusual talent and capacity he was handicapped in the practice of his profession by an accident which paralyzed his energies, embittered his solitary life and pressed to his rebellious lips the chalice of mocking irony.

  46. But soon he was overtaken by broken health, which paralyzed his energies and crumbled his ambitions.

  47. It must have paralyzed that flying personage, for I gained upon him shockingly.

  48. But a mighty roar from Sconda paralyzed their hands, causing them to drop by their sides as the baffled men stared sullenly upon almost a score of rifles pointing straight at their hearts.

  49. But intelligible words failed to come, for he was almost paralyzed with fear.

  50. She was, or pretended to be, paralyzed and unable to leave her bed and, when she announced that a special command of the Holy Ghost required her to join the Capuchin Order, Pius VI granted her a dispensation to take the vows without residence.

  51. They rivalled the Masons in numbers and influence, and the virulent struggle for supremacy between the two bodies at times paralyzed the Government and neutralized the forces of order.


  52. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "paralyzed" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    aghast; ashen; astounded; awestruck; blanched; blind; cowed; crippled; disabled; disqualified; dormant; frozen; helpless; horrified; idle; immobile; inactive; incapacitated; inert; intimidated; invalidated; meditative; motionless; neuter; neutral; out; overcome; pallid; paralytic; paralyzed; passive; petrified; procrastinating; prostrate; quiescent; stagnant; static; stationary; stiff; stoned; stunned; stupefied; terrified; undone; unmanned; unnerved; unstrung; vegetable