Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: crippled
IPA transcription: [kɹ'ɪpəld]
Pronunciations of crippled
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy, game
    Meaning: disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"
Usage examples
  • With the other he crippled a favorite ewe.
  • His old wife and a crippled grandson were dependent on Toby, too.
  • Two, indeed, of Blake's horses were crippled, and it was high time to be going.
  • And what was the statement which, while it crippled his memory, it did not moderate his zeal?
  • Mary Domville's little crippled boy would crawl in vain to the door and look for her coming through the forest.
  • The crippled girl was face to face with a psychological problem, which in itself was far beyond her comprehension, but vaguely she felt that it was a problem.
  • "Mamma, poor crippled darling, Ilusha has sent you these flowers," he cried, holding out to her a little bunch of flowers that had been frozen and broken while he was struggling in the snow.
  • As I did so, the Thing rose straight at me in a leap, and I was knocked over like a ninepin. It clutched at me with its crippled hand, and struck me in the face. Its spring carried it over me.
  • He scarcely glanced at Alyosha when he came in, and he would not look at any one, even at his crazy weeping wife, "mamma," who kept trying to stand on her crippled legs to get a nearer look at her dead boy.
  • And when he came in, Pelias sat by the hearth, crippled and blind with age; while opposite him sat AEson, Jason's father, crippled and blind likewise; and the two old men's heads shook together, as they tried to warm themselves before the fire.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Liturgy of the Hours, License CC BY-SA 4.0