How to Use hobble in a Sentence

hobble

1 of 2 verb
  • She picked up her cane and hobbled across the room.
  • He has been hobbled by a knee injury.
  • She is sometimes hobbled by self-doubt.
  • The three appeared hobbled and strained at times.
    — Brad Lefton, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • But the current Covid wave may hobble growth in the months ahead.
    — Laura He, CNN, 2 Jan. 2023
  • The strange wolf got to its feet, hobbled down the ridge a few hundred yards, and lay down.
    — Frank Glaser, Outdoor Life, 1 Apr. 2026
  • He was hobbled and struggled in the first three quarters.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 5 June 2026
  • Dart looks a little hobbled coming up.
    — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
  • And Donovan Mitchell looks hobbled on the court.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 22 May 2026
  • The vehicle also once took a tank round to one of its wheels and was able to hobble away.
    — Stanislav Kozliuk, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2023
  • In the fourth quarter, Oldacre hobbled off the court and did not return.
    — Danny Davis, Austin American Statesman, 19 Nov. 2025
  • His feet, hobbled and pained from living on the street, were a constant burden.
    — Brammhi Balarajan, CNN, 25 Feb. 2024
  • So the staffer hobbled around the large Golden campus through the snow and ice.
    — Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Iced tea is served in large Styrofoam cups, and old men in boots hobble up to the counter to pay.
    — Men's Health, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Movies that did stick with their release dates were hobbled by the fact that stars, for the most part, couldn’t promote them.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Moore left in the third quarter and appeared to hobble his way into the home locker room.
    — Nick Alvarez | [email protected], al, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Souley Boum Boum was hobbled against Butler the first time around.
    — Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 3 Mar. 2023
  • But Suggs scored just a point in the second half, and he clearly was hobbled.
    — CBS News, 14 Dec. 2025
  • Ponce seemed to take a bad step and hobbled for a couple of strides before falling to the infield dirt.
    — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
  • This is the play in which Jayden Daniels appeared to come up hobbling a bit.
    — Mark Kern, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Children hobble through the pews with leg braces, men carry colostomy bags that sometimes leak.
    — Holly Bailey, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Rushing hobbled around on crutches.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Sara Scalia misses a 3 then hobbles toward the bench and heads to the locker room.
    — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Garver, however, hobbled to first, then slowly walked off the field.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Iran navigated sanctions that hobbled its own fleet for decades.
    — Aurora Almendral, Quartz, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The Eagles' offensive line has been hobbled all year.
    — Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
  • This year a string of grant programs have been eliminated, hobbled or delayed.
    — Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Instead, the global response has been delayed and hobbled.
    — Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
  • Footage of the game then showed George hobbling back to the dugout, slamming his helmet in frustration.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 27 May 2026
  • Last fall's 43-day government shutdown also hobbled growth at the end of last year.
    — Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2026

hobble

2 of 2 noun
  • There was a slight hobble to his step.
    — James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2025
  • The hobble has straps that bind the ankles together, and can also attach to someone's waist.
    — Fox News, 21 Feb. 2022
  • At last, Isaac had broken into a run on his aching legs, and reached the hotel in an exhausted hobble.
    — Adam O’Fallon Price, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
  • The department is replacing the hobble with a device that doesn't allow legs to be bent backwards.
    — NBC News, 24 May 2021
  • Another potential reason not to use the hobble was that the officers had called for paramedics.
    — Steve Karnowski, Star Tribune, 6 Apr. 2021
  • The woman was placed in a soft restraint hobble, which controls a person’s ankles and can be connected to a waist chain or belt.
    — Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 17 July 2020
  • So Franco pulls himself out of bed most mornings around 4, hobbles into the dark and moves his home to a different neighborhood.
    — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The good news is that nothing was fractured, though, so Austin is currently exploring downtown Nanjing at a steady hobble, sans crutches or boot.
    — Alex Prewitt, SI.com, 14 June 2019
  • The officers then connected the hobble to the girl’s handcuffs, forcing her into a sitting position, according to the lawsuit.
    — Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 10 Dec. 2019
  • Aurora police policy states that using a hobble on someone increases the risk for medical complications, including positional asphyxia.
    — Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 17 July 2020

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