palsied
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- unpalsied adjective
Etymology
Origin of palsied
Example Sentences
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She had the intellectual capacity of a two-year-old, was incontinent, never fully regained her ability to speak, struggled to perform basic daily maintenance routines, and had a palsied arm.
From Salon
A plucky disregard for public opinion has its charms, but Mastriano perhaps too wholeheartedly embraces John Quincy Adams’s 1825 injunction that politicians should not be “palsied by the will of our constituents.”
From Washington Post
He struggled with palsied hands to shield his exposed body with a thin towel.
From Washington Post
“If we hadn’t been involved, very soon there would have been others to work for the cerebral palsied,” she wrote in a 1983 foreword to “Karen.”
From Washington Post
Recall his laughing imitation of a disabled reporter, palsied arms and hands shaking.
From The Guardian
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