How to Use paralyze in a Sentence

paralyze

verb

• The snake's venom paralyzed the mouse.
• The air strikes have paralyzed the city's transportation system.
• The company was paralyzed by debt.
• Did the praise help you with the next project, or paralyze you?
  — Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2020
• The second drug paralyzes the muscles, and the third stops the heart.
  — Chiara Eisner, NPR, 18 Apr. 2024
• The first deep freeze in a decade paralyzed Texas from the Panhandle to the Gulf.
  — Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Jan. 2024
• The disease left Paul paralyzed from the neck down and unable to breathe on his own.
  — Mira Cheng, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024
• Most of the time, we’re paralyzed by fear: What happens if….
  — Ashley Stahl, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• In the worst of cases, dachshunds can even be paralyzed due to back injuries.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2023
• The fall partially paralyzed him on the right side of his body.
  — Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 12 Sep. 2019
• He was left unable to speak and paralyzed over much of his body.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2019
• This move paralyzes them and causes the whale sharks to slip into a kind of trance.
  — Rachel Raposas, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
• One was paralyzed from the chest down, his mother told CNN.
  — Janet Lorin, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2023
• After a few games, some of the players were paralyzed by fear.
  — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 17 Aug. 2023
• The storm then moved over Tokyo and paralyzed transport.
  — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 9 Sep. 2019
• The shooting left Theard paralyzed from the neck down until his death.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al, 9 May 2023
• In 2010, Melanie Reid fell off a horse and was paralyzed below the shoulders.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 20 May 2024
• The rare virus affects nerves in the face and ear and left Bieber’s face partially paralyzed.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2024
• She is photographed in profile, to hide the side of her face that had been paralyzed by a recent stroke.
  — Lonnie G. Bunch Iii, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2023
• The standoff paralyzed most of the operations of the House for days.
  — Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2024
• The pair decided to research the nature of the venom that the snails used to paralyze their tiny fish prey.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 14 Sep. 2022
• Bryan Hall suffered a spinal cord injury about three years ago that left him paralyzed from the chest down.
  — Kate Silver, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2019
• The marmot looks paralyzed by fear, its fingers splayed and mouth agape.
  — Natasha Daly, National Geographic, 15 Oct. 2019
• The shooting paralyzed Ortiz, 43, from the waist down, forcing him to use a wheelchair.
  — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2023
• The bullet severed her spinal chord, paralyzing her from the waist down.
  — Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
• The important thing is not to let that fear paralyze you or hold you back from achieving your goals.
  — Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2023
• In the past year, dozens of public entities in the US have been paralyzed by ransomware.
  — Ars Technica, 27 Aug. 2019
• In the past year, dozens of public entities in the U.S. have been paralyzed by ransomware.
  — Renee Dudley, ProPublica, 27 Aug. 2019
• The stop order has paralyzed U.S. aid programs around the world, bankrupting fragile local aid groups and small businesses and putting lives at risk.
  — Andrew Natsios, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2025
• The elderly single mom, played with an irritable, bone-deep bitterness by Irish actor Fiona Shaw, has spent the past few years paralyzed by an illness no one can diagnose.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 6 Mar 2025