crippling

IPA: krˈɪpʌɫɪŋ

Examples of "crippling" in Sentences

He mentioned specifically what he called the crippling disease of corruption.
I don't believe in crippling deer and other people with a bow and I don't believe in crippling them with a rifle.
As an expression of crippling depression, the astronomy is darkly poetic—Melancholy has long been hiding behind the sun.
A senior Russian diplomat says his country will not support what he called crippling sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program.
D.C., as part of a multi-phase process aimed at mitigating what they call the crippling effects of alcohol misuse and crime in the United States.
And, if such an authoritarian mechanism were installed, could its enforcement also result in crippling certain innovations that would have benefitted things?
In one of the largest Statehouse rallies ever, thousands of unionized government workers and social-service advocates rallied for an income-tax hike that could avert billions of dollars in crippling budget cuts.