How to Use cripple in a Sentence
cripple
verb- Higher taxes could cripple small businesses.
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The fall broke both his legs, crippling him.
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Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
14 June 2026
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In a race like this, a fall would cripple a racer’s chance of making it to the award stand.
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Ken Goe For The Oregonian/oregonlive,
oregonlive,
27 June 2021
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Its economy was crippled by war debt.
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Caleb Pomeroy,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Dec. 2025
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Its pitch was not about the need to cripple the company for the sake of the planet.
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Star Tribune,
15 June 2021
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That would cripple most programs and force a rebuilding year.
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Dallas News,
4 Nov. 2022
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That crippled Huawei’s smartphone brand, once one of the world’s biggest.
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Joe McDonald,
Fortune,
8 Mar. 2023
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There is nothing like a Russian prison to cripple even those in perfect health.
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Dasha Navalnaya,
Time,
6 Dec. 2022
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Google also wants to cripple ad blockers on Chrome sometime this year.
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Ron Amadeo,
Ars Technica,
14 Feb. 2023
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This is when mistakes threaten to cripple progress, cost jobs and have a lasting impact.
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Chris Fedor,
cleveland,
14 July 2021
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Texas is bracing for icy conditions that could cripple roads across major cities.
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Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
30 Jan. 2023
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Thomas’ absence has been crippling for the Giants in recent years.
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Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
19 Aug. 2025
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Another hunter had crippled him.
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Robert Merchant,
Outdoor Life,
1 Oct. 2025
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That doesn’t count the Stanford result, which shouldn’t cripple the Beavers chances.
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oregonlive,
18 Feb. 2022
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The move crippled the agency — as intended.
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Tracy Stone-Manning,
Denver Post,
21 Apr. 2026
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If the west does not step up to help Ukraine the constant rocket attacks could cripple the country.
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Michael Gale,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2022
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So if half that tariff money goes away, that will mean a larger, but not crippling federal deficit.
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Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
21 Feb. 2026
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The strike had threatened to cripple US supply chains and push prices higher for many goods.
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Alexandra Meeks,
CNN,
15 Sep. 2022
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Scarface and friends attack the lab, and break out the kryptonite that cripples El and Kali.
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Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
31 Dec. 2025
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To the researchers’ surprise, FTO doesn’t kill off or cripple the plant.
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Shi En Kim,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Aug. 2021
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Their loss would be a political blow that would also cripple any new Russian regime.
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Washington Post,
3 Mar. 2022
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That would cripple the continent’s energy systems and result in a huge surge in prices.
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Anna Shiryaevskaya,
Fortune,
24 Jan. 2022
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All three largely believe the war caused the high gas and grocery prices that are crippling the nation’s economy.
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Terry Collins,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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But the sanctions haven't crippled Cuba's leadership, as some had hoped.
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Kathryn Watson,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
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With that protein being weak, the virus can infiltrate and cripple our immune system.
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Shelby Denise Smith,
Essence,
30 July 2022
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In any case, China’s economy is large enough to absorb blows that would cripple others.
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New York Times,
14 Mar. 2022
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New York and other cities are being crippled by a historic storm that is dropping record amounts of snow on the region.
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Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
23 Feb. 2026
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Attacking and denying a nation’s assets in space can cripple the effective use of weapons on the ground.
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Zita Ballinger Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
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This allowed Google to survive the dotcom crash that crippled its competitors.
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ArsTechnica,
22 Sep. 2025
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Missing Altuve for any length of time would further cripple a ballclub that will struggle to absorb it.
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Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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