How to Use impaired in a Sentence

impaired

adjective
  • The children were so impaired that a third of them had to be home-schooled.
    — Pamela Weintraub, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2017
  • Deputies observed signs both were impaired.
    — Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
  • And two, there is never a reason to drive impaired.
    — Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • At least, not as impaired as his lawyers would have the jury believe.
    — Brittany Wallman, Sun Sentinel, 5 Oct. 2022
  • At all times make sure there’s a non-impaired driver behind the wheel.
    — oregonlive, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Police did not know whether the driver was impaired.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 19 June 2026
  • And there have been those who have suffered massive strokes that have left them impaired.
    — Annie Karni, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Mary pleaded guilty to driving while impaired.
    — Liz McNeil, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Viruses can get sick in the sense that their normal function is impaired.
    — The Conversation, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The injury required surgery and left him with impaired vision in his right eye.
    — James Boyd, New York Times, 8 May 2026
  • Take away the keys from anyone who is thinking about driving impaired.
    — Andrew Adeolu, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2026
  • At the end of the day, their goal is to help those with impaired mobility stay in their homes.
    — Kyle Frischkorn, Smithsonian, 12 July 2017
  • But in many cases, people with impaired speech aren’t able to complete that first step.
    — Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2025
  • For centuries, if you were born with impaired eyesight, there was nothing that could be done about it.
    — Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Adults can be at risk in lakes or open water when impaired, swimming alone, or unaware of how to swim.
    — Kye Graves, The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2023
  • People around us who are the same age as we are become impaired one way or another.
    — Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Owen pleaded guilty to impaired driving but was allowed to fight the case in higher courts.
    — Ed White, Detroit Free Press, 31 Dec. 2020
  • Coote noted that the driver of the car was screened at the scene and determined not to be impaired.
    — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 13 June 2023
  • Swift compared the work of his former unit to stopping impaired drivers.
    — oregonlive, 11 June 2022
  • There is Braille signage in the lift for the visually impaired.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2026
  • French is visually impaired, with a guide dog of her own, named Knightly.
    — Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
  • And then there’s Fox’s speech, which has also become more impaired in recent years.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 11 May 2023
  • The impaired woman’s 11-year-old daughter was with her in the car when the crash occurred.
    — Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 14 May 2022
  • Romero said that after the crash, the driver got out of his vehicle and appeared to be impaired.
    — Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 9 May 2023
  • Check the trust and the clauses that describe what is required when an elder becomes impaired.
    — Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 28 June 2021
  • And in this mindset, the cost of a worker’s impaired health is just one more expense for employers to cut.
    — Lena Solow, The New Republic, 2 Sep. 2019
  • Always follow the speed limit and never drive impaired.
    — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • In that crash, the driver of the pickup truck that struck the limo later pleaded guilty to driving while impaired.
    — Jimmy Vielkind and Josh Barbanel, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2018
  • The man, who was injured but survived, now faces charges of manslaughter and driving while impaired.
    — Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 13 June 2024
  • The injury required surgery and left Richardson with impaired vision in his right eye.
    — James Boyd, New York Times, 4 May 2026

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