How to Use handicapped in a Sentence

handicapped

adjective
  • Levy said the driveway is too steep for handicapped use.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Her character also has a fake handicapped license plate and cheats at golf.
    — Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Her character also has a fake handicapped license plate and cheats at golf.
    — Brie Stimson , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Still, there are a few handicapped-accessible rooms, and all of the restaurants and public areas have ramps.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 May 2026
  • The stranger also made racist statements, which McGaha said were because he was parked in a handicapped space.
    — Nathalie Marie Palacios, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
  • The Locke family can't afford the buy tickets in the handicapped section, but the boy was excited to attend a practice.
    — Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Cassar had argued Schwally was a handicapped driver whose right leg locked up on the gas pedal when the crash happened, and that his blood alcohol test was inaccurate.
    — Jennifer McLogan, CBS News, 4 June 2026
  • The measure also allows vehicles displaying valid disabled parking permits or plates to occupy more than one non-handicapped parking space.
    — Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
  • California law says where there are 500 parking spaces 2% need to be designated as handicapped spaces.
    — Kelly G. Richardson, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Parking plans include 34 customer parking stalls, including three handicapped stalls, and seven EV charging stations.
    — Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The largest fine increase was for parking in a handicapped area, with the fine jumping up by $100, according to data provided by the city's Budget Office.
    — Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • In addition to the charging stalls, the lot will have eight parking spaces for non-electric vehicles, also one for handicapped drivers of electric vehicles and one for handicapped drivers of non-electric vehicles.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Closures may impact some handicapped parking spaces, but staff will designate an equal number of temporary ADA-compliant spaces for use, officials said.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Citing a letter from Clancy’s physician’s assistant, Reddington explained that his client can’t use a handicapped bathroom on her own, has no control over her bodily functions, and would at times need a stretcher or gurney.
    — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Catalina suffers from an unspecified mental disability, which Saavedra, who is not handicapped, performs in an arguably inappropriate register of fidgety hands and shifty-eyed glances.
    — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 16 May 2026
  • Even looking to purchase handicapped tickets is difficult, Nieder said, crediting Ticketmaster with having ADA seating readily available at venues.
    — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Bridges pointed to an encounter last year in which an officer threatened Breshari Faulkner with a stun gun, pulled her from her car onto the ground and arrested her during a confrontation over a handicapped parking space in the same Walmart lot where Kohen was shot.
    — Travis Loller, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
  • Bridges pointed to an encounter last year in which an officer threatened Breshari Faulkner with a Taser, pulled her from her car onto the ground and arrested her during a confrontation over a handicapped parking space in the same Walmart lot where Kohen was shot.
    — CBS News, 19 June 2026
  • Bridges pointed to an encounter last year in which an officer threatened Breshari Faulkner with a Taser, pulled her from her car onto the ground and arrested her during a confrontation over a handicapped parking space in the same Walmart lot where Kohen was shot.
    — Travis Loller, Arkansas Online, 20 June 2026
  • The result is a growing productivity and satisfaction gap that’s quietly driving talent away from traditional companies and toward organizations that don't make their employees feel technologically handicapped.
    — Steven Wolfe Pereira, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Ramsey County deputies also were responsible for traffic control on Rice Street between Aurora Avenue and Interstate 94, and for a parking ramp used that day for parking for people with handicapped placards, Fletcher said.
    — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 20 May 2026
  • Three decades later, similar issues persist In 1990, Patti Schwetz Casella began her career as a K-6 teacher for emotionally handicapped students at the interlocal in Hebron.
    — IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025

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