Both Uses of
paralysis
in
Babbitt
- One shoulder was lower than the other; one arm she carried in contorted fashion, as though it were paralyzed; and behind a high collar of cheap lace there was a gouge in the anemic neck which had once been shining and softly plump.†
Chpt 26
- A little grimly he perceived that this had been his last despairing fling before the paralyzed contentment of middle-age.†
Chpt 33 *
Definition:
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(paralysis) loss of the ability to move the body or a part of it
or:
inability to act or make a decision