Sample Sentences for
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
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    Miss Alexandra'll absolutely have a stroke of paralysis when she finds out!  (source)
    paralysis = inability to move or function (due to surprise)
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    Paralysed by fear, she stammered out the truth.†  (source)
    unconventional spelling: This is the British spelling. Americans spell it paralyzed.
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    All religions are tools concocted by the ruling class to paralyze the spirit of the people!†  (source)
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    A pain so sharp that it paralyzes me.†  (source)
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    That smile and the quiet resolution of that one word, "yes," filled Irene with a primitive paralysing dread.†  (source)
    unconventional spelling: This is the British spelling. Americans spell it paralyzing.
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    The stillness seizes and paralyses everyone, including PILKINGS who has turned to look.†  (source)
    unconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use paralyzes.
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    The wall was so paralyzingly vast and sheer that its top, bottom and sides passed away beyond the reach of sight.†  (source)
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    She made an effort to stand but couldn't. Her muscles were paralyzed and the blood had long since ceased to flow.  (source)
    paralyzed = unable to move
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