3 uses
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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
or:
inability to act or make a decision
- Paralyzed, Sticky couldn't even manage to nod.p. 210.2
- He felt on the verge, once again, of growing paralyzed.p. 297.9
- There had been times in Sticky's life when an important question would flummox him no matter how well he knew the answer; and times he had run away from his problems; and times when he'd felt himself paralyzed when action was most needed.p. 420.9
There are no more uses of "paralysis" in The Mysterious Benedict Society.
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