paralyzed
IPA: pˈɛrʌɫaɪzd
adjective
- Partly or wholly incapable of movement; disabled.
- Rendered incapable of action.
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Examples of "paralyzed" in Sentences
- But for weeks he had been paralyzed from the shoulders back.
- Another rockfall victim, Doherty, was brought in paralyzed from the waist down.
- Natalia seemed to take care not to use the term paralyzed in describing the jockey's condition.
- Rutgers linebacker Eric LeGrand was paralyzed from the waste down on a play described as a "violent collision [3]."
- Thanks to acupuncture, water therapy, patience and persistence, Rufus is no longer paralyzed from the shoulders back.
- A few years back he dove into a pool unaware that it was shallow and was seriously injured and paralyzed from the neck down.
- The senior went from being paralyzed from the neck down, after sustaining a severe spinal cord injury during a the Mid-American Conference championships, to being able to walk on his own.
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