How to Use impaired in a Sentence

impaired

adjective

• The impaired woman’s 11-year-old daughter was with her in the car when the crash occurred.
  — Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 14 May 2022
• Coote noted that the driver of the car was screened at the scene and determined not to be impaired.
  — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 13 June 2023
• At all times make sure there’s a non-impaired driver behind the wheel.
  — oregonlive, 27 Jan. 2022
• At least, not as impaired as his lawyers would have the jury believe.
  — Brittany Wallman, Sun Sentinel, 5 Oct. 2022
• At its worst, MS can lead to impaired speech and paralysis.
  — Liz Szabo, CNN, 18 Oct. 2022
• And there have been those who have suffered massive strokes that have left them impaired.
  — Annie Karni, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2023
• Overgrown trees and bushes made for impaired lines of sight.
  — Mary Sullivan, baltimoresun.com, 8 Oct. 2020
• Add to that impaired vision, hearing loss, and the worst threat of all—confusion.
  — Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 26 May 2022
• Injury to that area leads to an impaired sense of identity.
  — Robert Martone, Scientific American, 21 Dec. 2021
• Delta 8 can cause impaired motor skills, just like delta-9 THC.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 13 Oct. 2022
• Viruses can get sick in the sense that their normal function is impaired.
  — The Conversation, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2023
• Romero said that after the crash, the driver got out of his vehicle and appeared to be impaired.
  — Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 9 May 2023
• Four died and others have suffered impaired vision or seizures, the CDC says.
  — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 5 Aug. 2020
• Adults can be at risk in lakes or open water when impaired, swimming alone, or unaware of how to swim.
  — Kye Graves, The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2023
• Owen pleaded guilty to impaired driving but was allowed to fight the case in higher courts.
  — Ed White, Detroit Free Press, 31 Dec. 2020
• During the delta wave, the odds people would experience an impaired sense of smell fell to 44%.
  — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 13 July 2022
• Swift compared the work of his former unit to stopping impaired drivers.
  — oregonlive, 11 June 2022
• For those that are deaf, deaf-blind or hard of hearing or speech-impaired can call the Michigan Relay Center at 711.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 15 Nov. 2022
• The man seemed impaired, failed all field sobriety tests and registered .17 on a breath test.
  — Star Tribune, 20 Feb. 2021
• Check the trust and the clauses that describe what is required when an elder becomes impaired.
  — Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 28 June 2021
• And then there’s Fox’s speech, which has also become more impaired in recent years.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 11 May 2023
• In Ohio, a driver is considered impaired when posting a BAC of more than .08.
  — cleveland, 29 Sep. 2020
• People around us who are the same age as we are become impaired one way or another.
  — Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
• But some cases lead to arrhythmia and impaired heart function, or, rarely, the need for a heart transplant.
  — Jennifer Couzin-Frankel, Science | AAAS, 15 Sep. 2020
• Four people died and others have suffered impaired vision or seizures, the CDC said.
  — Naomi Thomas and Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 27 Aug. 2020
• Then a string of arrests for impaired driving landed him in legal trouble, and his fourth DUI, a felony, sent him to prison for six months.
  — Sara Jean Green, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Sep. 2023
• Officers responding to a crash into a tree and found Spracklen to be impaired.
  — Yadira Sanchez Olson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2023
• In other parts of the state, dead or impaired bats should be reported to Kentucky Fish and Wildlife or the local health department in the area.
  — Mary Ramsey, The Courier-Journal, 20 July 2021
• Lee was charged with assault, fleeing and eluding, negligent driving, driving while impaired and other offenses, the statement said.
  — Katie Mettler, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
• The children’s families state that the absence of sidewalks near Cupertino residential areas, parks and schools, such as on Foothill, forces pedestrians to walk in bike lanes, putting them at risk in the presence of impaired drivers.
  — Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024