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.
• But the current Covid wave may hobble growth in the months ahead.
  — Laura He, CNN, 2 Jan. 2023
• Souley Boum Boum was hobbled against Butler the first time around.
  — Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 3 Mar. 2023
• Sara Scalia misses a 3 then hobbles toward the bench and heads to the locker room.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Mar. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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 | [e-mail], al, 3 Sep. 2023
• The Jets’ fourth straight victory, a 16-9 win in Denver, got out to a fast start that may hobble the team in the future.
  — Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2022
• His feet, hobbled and pained from living on the street, were a constant burden.
  — Brammhi Balarajan, CNN, 25 Feb. 2024
• Under Pick, the unit went from hobbled to healthy, and even surged past competitors to a No. 1 ranking.
  — Sridhar Natarajan, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2023
• Now cases that could hobble some of those agencies are coming before the Supreme Court.
  — Josh Feldman, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2023
• But the purpose of the policy is clear enough: to hobble China’s quest to catch up with the U.S. in crucial industries of the future.
  — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2022
• Maxey briefly left the court hobbled after Reed stepped on his ankle, and the Heat took a one-point lead after three quarters.
  — Anthony Sanfilippo, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024
• But those moves do not appear to have hobbled its coverage.
  — Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
• Children hobble through the pews with leg braces, men carry colostomy bags that sometimes leak.
  — Holly Bailey, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2023
• De Luca argues that the box office was hobbled by the pandemic.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 14 June 2023
• As the global economy evolves apace, so do the vectors by which currency chaos can hobble it.
  — Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ, 28 July 2022
• With a brisk, hobbling stride, Stan Herman trotted past bird-watchers and leaf-peepers in Central Park the other day.
  — Bob Morris, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
• But the defense actually played better in the second half, when at its most hobbled.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2023
• The Times’ Jessica Gelt has a smart analysis on whether the Taper is simply the first domino to fall in a form that has been hobbled by the pandemic.
  — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2023
• Garver, however, hobbled to first, then slowly walked off the field.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2023
• And cities and states new to the program have been hobbled by their inexperience in resettling refugees.
  — Emily Frazier, The Conversation, 30 Aug. 2023
• But that hobbled the team’s ability to build a defense, as the different factions had no clue what the others were doing.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 1 June 2023
• While Red hobbled away from the house in Seville, Zuma and Cooper reflected on the finality of their journey.
  — Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 14 July 2023
• Read full article Duran stayed in the game but hobbled off the field in the eighth inning after a ground out, then walked down the tunnel with a member of the Red Sox staff following him.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2023
• Though in her 40s, Moreira is playing much, much older, hobbling around under pounds of prosthetics to convey decades of iffy cosmetic surgeries and wear-and-tear.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 28 Feb. 2024
• The region has since been grappling not only with the loss of a vital transportation link but also the closure of the Baltimore Port, which experts say could severely hobble the economy.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024

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hobble

2 of 2 noun

• 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 hobble has straps that bind the ankles together, and can also attach to someone's waist.
  — Fox News, 21 Feb. 2022
• 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
• Another potential reason not to use the hobble was that the officers had called for paramedics.
  — Steve Karnowski, Star Tribune, 6 Apr. 2021
• 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
• 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 hobble has straps that bind the ankles together, and can also attach to someone's waist.
  — Fox News, 21 Feb. 2022
• 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
• Another potential reason not to use the hobble was that the officers had called for paramedics.
  — Steve Karnowski, Star Tribune, 6 Apr. 2021
• 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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