How to Use paralysis in a Sentence

paralysis

noun

• The whole country is in a state of paralysis.
• The disease causes a paralysis of the legs.
• They are trying to end the political paralysis that has been gripping the country.
• The bullet lodged in his spine has caused paralysis from the chest down.
  — NBC News, 4 Dec. 2023
• This leads to paralysis and then the end of lung function.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2023
• The paralysis had moved to both sides of Yeager’s body.
  — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 27 July 2024
• But the virus can infect the brain or spinal cord and cause paralysis and sometimes death.
  — Joseph Pisani, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2022
• In Bieber’s case, the rare virus has caused facial paralysis.
  — Thania Garcia, Variety, 6 Sep. 2022
• The 72-year-old with partial facial paralysis now rides the train about five times a week.
  — Dana Munro, Baltimore Sun, 24 July 2024
• So far, it’s been two weeks of paralysis and the folks creating the mess seem willing to wait.
  — Philip Elliott, TIME, 19 Oct. 2023
• Two forms of the virus can cause paralysis, one of them being the wild poliovirus found in nature.
  — Brianna Abbott, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022
• At its worst, MS can lead to impaired speech and paralysis.
  — Liz Szabo, CNN, 18 Oct. 2022
• The disease can cause paralysis because the virus can infect the spinal cord.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2022
• State of play: The squirrel in the photo above stunned me into near paralysis.
  — Worth Sparkman, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024
• The team found that the person’s usage of the BCI increased as time passed and paralysis increased.
  — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 15 Aug. 2024
• Thomas’ case shows how far paralysis research has advanced in the last few decades.
  — Jamie Ducharme, Time, 28 July 2023
• Spinosad works by causing paralysis and death in fleas.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2022
• Yancy was 28 when he was gunned down, shot three times with the first causing paralysis.
  — Ivana Hrynkiw | [e-mail], al, 22 Sep. 2022
• She was born with a club foot and spina bifida, which caused paralysis from her knee to her foot in her right leg.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 3 Oct. 2024
• In the two years since the coup, the country has been torn by violence and economic paralysis.
  — Rhea Mogul, CNN, 27 Mar. 2023
• First, paralysis between the two parties threatened the first-ever U.S. default on the nation's debt in the first half of 2023.
  — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 28 Dec. 2023
• The disease, which causes paralysis, strikes many patients in the prime of life and often leads to death within two to five years.
  — Mike Ives, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2023
• The episode was never aired, but the trailer made for good sleep paralysis demon content on its own.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2023
• The thumbs up gesture became the symbol of the Mike Utley Foundation, which works to find a cure to paralysis.
  — Eric Levenson, CNN, 4 Jan. 2023
• There's been no increase in such paralysis observed so far this year, the agency says.
  — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 12 Sep. 2022
• As the case drags on, there are worries that the investigation could go cold, leaving the town in a state of paralysis.
  — Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Dec. 2022
• But strife and dysfunction, long bearable parts of life there, have driven the city to paralysis.
  — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
• Lin tells them that most sick chickens will be lethargic with a twisted neck and paralysis.
  — Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Mar. 2023
• All of the contenders for the best socks on Amazon can quickly lead to decision paralysis.
  — Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 19 Sep. 2023
• Immediate action is crucial to diagnose and treat the patient to prevent long-term paralysis or even death.
  — Fran Rosch, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024