How to Use gimpy in a Sentence

gimpy

adjective
  • Then the Seahawks simply teed off on the gimpy, duck-throwing quarterback and took over the game.
    Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 1 Nov. 2020
  • All those plays on a gimpy ankle might have set back his recovery time.
    Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 11 Oct. 2020
  • Quarterback Bo Nix, playing on a gimpy right ankle, pulled the ball and kept it on an option play.
    Ken Goe For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 26 Nov. 2022
  • On the final play of the first quarter, Kuithe came up gimpy after hauling in his second catch of the night, an 11-yard strike from Rising down to the Utah 28-yard line.
    Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The Buckeyes led 42-13 at the time Henderson came up gimpy after being tackled on a run.
    Nathan Baird, cleveland, 8 Oct. 2022
  • Beal, playing on a gimpy hamstring, had little response other than a couple of mid-range jumpers.
    BostonGlobe.com, 19 May 2021
  • Maverick Hansen also went off gimpy at one point Saturday, but the junior fought through the pain to tie a career high with seven tackles.
    Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Two years later, No. 7 seed Nevada eliminated a gimpy Bamba and Texas in overtime.
    Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Mar. 2021
  • But there was just something about Lewis winning one gold medal after another and Retton sticking the landing on that vault, earning a perfect 10 on a gimpy knee.
    Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2021
  • However, the Jaguars weren’t at full strength either, with Merchant sidelined by turf toe and center Brian Ankerson playing on a gimpy ankle.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 4 Sep. 2020
  • Pre-bandwagon Warriors fans remember the early days when his gimpy ankles led to long stretches without him.
    Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 May 2021
  • Receiver Seth Williams has been occasionally gimpy as well.
    Christopher Smith, al, 13 Oct. 2020
  • Their reliance on an increasingly gimpy Joel Embiid and an opponent in the Eastern Conference semifinals that refuses to go away.
    Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 15 June 2021
  • This gimpy group repeating as NCAA women’s tennis national champions?
    Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 23 May 2022

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