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paralysis
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  • She can't move her left side, but we're hoping the paralysis is temporary.
    paralysis = inability to move part of the body
  • Miss Alexandra'll absolutely have a stroke of paralysis when she finds out!  (source)
    paralysis = inability to move or function (due to surprise)
  • This, they tell me, is good news, for the paralysis could have been total.  (source)
    paralysis = loss of the ability to move the body
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  • She could move again, she was no longer paralyzed, and her body was bathed in waves of warmth.  (source)
    paralyzed = unable to move
  • But Lewis, his hand about to push the swinging doors open, hesitates, as though struck by a sudden paralysis of the will,  (source)
    paralysis = loss of the ability to move
  • The ice ball exploded, spraying his entire body with freezing, paralyzing streams of water, weighing down his arms, deadening his legs, squeezing his heart.  (source)
    paralyzing = making unable to move
  • Paralysed by fear, she stammered out the truth.†  (source)
    unconventional spelling: This is the British spelling. Americans spell it paralyzed.
  • All religions are tools concocted by the ruling class to paralyze the spirit of the people!†  (source)
  • A pain so sharp that it paralyzes me.†  (source)
  • You would like, if you could, to interpret the patient's prostration in the Presence, his self-abhorrence and utter knowledge of his sins (yes, Wormwood, a clearer knowledge even than yours) on the analogy of your own choking and paralysing sensations when you encounter the deadly air that breathes from the heart of Heaven.†  (source)
    unconventional spelling: This is the British spelling. Americans spell it paralyzing.
  • I watched the light chain swing as I listened to the voice of Molly Bloom blasting his ears, THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A KISS LONG AND HOT DOWN TO YOUR SOUL ALMOST PARALYSES YOU, it's only her Bruno listens to now, wearing down the magnetic strip.†  (source)
    unconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use paralyzes.
  • The wall was so paralyzingly vast and sheer that its top, bottom and sides passed away beyond the reach of sight.†  (source)
  • But most of the Smokies were too shocked to resist, paralyzed by the terrible faces of their opponents.  (source)
    paralyzed = unable to act
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