Sample sentences for PARALYSIS

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Definition

loss of the ability to move the body or a part of it

or:

inability to act or make a decision

paralysis = loss of the ability to move

paralysis = inability to act or make a decision

She can't move her left side, but we're hoping the paralysis is temporary.
She is paralyzed from the waste down.
She could move again, she was no longer paralyzed, and her body was bathed in waves of warmth.
Madeleine L'Engle -- A Wrinkle in Time

paralyzed = unable to move

Jem was paralyzed. I pinched him to get him moving, ...
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

paralyzed = unable to move or function

On the battlefield, in the torture chamber, on a sinking ship, the issues that you are fighting for are always forgotten, because the body swells up until it fills the universe, and even when you are not paralyzed by fright or screaming with pain, life is a moment-to-moment struggle against hunger or cold or sleeplessness, against a sour stomach or an aching tooth.
George Orwell -- 1984

paralyzed = made unable to move

I felt free and clean, as when you suddenly see that, after being paralyzed by ignorance or indecision, you can act.
Robert Penn Warren -- All the King's Men

paralyzed = inability to act

This, they tell me, is good news, for the paralysis could have been total.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Notebook

paralysis = loss of the ability to move the body

I worried that I'd start begging, maybe even drop to the ground, paralyzed with fear,
Victor Martinez -- Parrot in the Oven

paralyzed = made unable to move or make a decision

paralyzed = frozen (unable to move)

paralyzed = loss of the ability to move the body or a part of it

The sight of Marcus suddenly being driven to the ground seemed to paralyze them,
Nicholas Sparks -- The Last Song

paralyze = make unable to move

But most of the Smokies were too shocked to resist, paralyzed by the terrible faces of their opponents.
Scott Westerfeld -- Uglies

paralyzed = unable to act

But Lewis, his hand about to push the swinging doors open, hesitates, as though struck by a sudden paralysis of the will,
Eugene O'Neill -- The Iceman Cometh

paralysis = loss of the ability to move

paralyzed = removed the ability to move the body

It was like I was paralyzed and couldn't turn away;
Jill McCorkle -- Ferris Beach

paralyzed = loss of the ability to move the body

paralyzed = unable to act (function)

She made an effort to stand but couldn't. Her muscles were paralyzed and the blood had long since ceased to flow.
Wilson Rawls -- Where the Red Fern Grows

paralyzed = unable to move

She felt as if her talent for invention had been paralyzed by terror.
Laura Esquivel -- Like Water for Chocolate

paralyzed = made unable to act

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