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
• 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 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
• 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
• But a bad wreck derailed all of that, leaving Wickens paralyzed from the waist down.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 3 July 2024
• Jenkins and Parker were staying at the home of Kristi Walley, who had been paralyzed as a teen.
  — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2023
• The women choose to play to Karen’s ego, which leaves them paralyzed when the Grand Dame is obviously wrong.
  — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
• But without a gust of wind to push you off or a friend to encourage you to jump, your fear keeps you paralyzed, trapped in the less-ideal state at the top of the cliff.
  — Quanta Magazine, 17 June 2024
• Bomb fragments severed her spinal cord and paralyzed her from the waist down, doctors said.
  — Samar Abu Elouf Samar Abu Elouf, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2024
• After her cat was paralyzed, Celesia set out to find a way to heal him.
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 24 Nov. 2023
• The family said the shooting left the teen, a cheerleader at Lincoln High School, paralyzed from the waist down.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Nov. 2023
• Jones says that these new bills are meant to paralyze voting rights activists.
  — Eva Rothenberg, CNN, 28 Mar. 2021
• In a 2012 study published in the journal Nature, two people paralyzed due to stroke were able to guide a robotic arm to reach and grasp objects simply by thinking about it.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 25 Nov. 2024
• The gothic thriller focuses on the hidden life of Verity Crawford, a famous author paralyzed in a car crash.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024