Both Uses
paralysis
in
Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson
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- "Your imagination is paralyzed," he declares.
*paralyzed = unable to act (function)
- His lips are paralyzed.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(paralysis) loss of the ability to move the body or a part of it
or:
inability to act or make a decision - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)