How to Use paralysis in a Sentence
paralysis
noun- The whole country is in a state of paralysis.
- The disease causes a paralysis of the legs.
- They are trying to end the political paralysis that has been gripping the country.
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The bullet lodged in his spine has caused paralysis from the chest down.
— NBC News, 4 Dec. 2023 -
This leads to paralysis and then the end of lung function.
— Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2023 -
The paralysis had moved to both sides of Yeager’s body.
— Brenda Goodman, CNN, 27 July 2024 -
But the virus can infect the brain or spinal cord and cause paralysis and sometimes death.
— Joseph Pisani, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2022 -
In Bieber’s case, the rare virus has caused facial paralysis.
— Thania Garcia, Variety, 6 Sep. 2022 -
The 72-year-old with partial facial paralysis now rides the train about five times a week.
— Dana Munro, Baltimore Sun, 24 July 2024 -
So far, it’s been two weeks of paralysis and the folks creating the mess seem willing to wait.
— Philip Elliott, TIME, 19 Oct. 2023 -
Two forms of the virus can cause paralysis, one of them being the wild poliovirus found in nature.
— Brianna Abbott, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 -
At its worst, MS can lead to impaired speech and paralysis.
— Liz Szabo, CNN, 18 Oct. 2022 -
The disease can cause paralysis because the virus can infect the spinal cord.
— Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2022 -
State of play: The squirrel in the photo above stunned me into near paralysis.
— Worth Sparkman, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024 -
The team found that the person’s usage of the BCI increased as time passed and paralysis increased.
— Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 15 Aug. 2024 -
Thomas’ case shows how far paralysis research has advanced in the last few decades.
— Jamie Ducharme, Time, 28 July 2023 -
Spinosad works by causing paralysis and death in fleas.
— Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2022 -
Yancy was 28 when he was gunned down, shot three times with the first causing paralysis.
— Ivana Hrynkiw | Ihrynkiw@al.com, al, 22 Sep. 2022 -
She was born with a club foot and spina bifida, which caused paralysis from her knee to her foot in her right leg.
— Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 3 Oct. 2024 -
In the two years since the coup, the country has been torn by violence and economic paralysis.
— Rhea Mogul, CNN, 27 Mar. 2023 -
First, paralysis between the two parties threatened the first-ever U.S. default on the nation's debt in the first half of 2023.
— Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 28 Dec. 2023 -
The disease, which causes paralysis, strikes many patients in the prime of life and often leads to death within two to five years.
— Mike Ives, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2023 -
The episode was never aired, but the trailer made for good sleep paralysis demon content on its own.
— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2023 -
The thumbs up gesture became the symbol of the Mike Utley Foundation, which works to find a cure to paralysis.
— Eric Levenson, CNN, 4 Jan. 2023 -
There's been no increase in such paralysis observed so far this year, the agency says.
— Alexander Tin, CBS News, 12 Sep. 2022 -
As the case drags on, there are worries that the investigation could go cold, leaving the town in a state of paralysis.
— Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Dec. 2022 -
But strife and dysfunction, long bearable parts of life there, have driven the city to paralysis.
— Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024 -
Lin tells them that most sick chickens will be lethargic with a twisted neck and paralysis.
— Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Mar. 2023 -
After paralysis in her right arm and leg, she was hospitalized for two days.
— Chloe Sorvino, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024 -
The police were called and didn’t find anything, and Aline’s apparent paralysis resolved within half an hour.
— Popular Science Staff, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2024
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