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• Paralysed, the old man was defenceless; and the robbers easily stole all of his money.From the entry defenceless
• For example, kalicludin 1-3 from A. sulcata binds competitively to Kv1.2 channels to paralyse the prey rapidly.2015 June 18, Mahdokht Jouiaei et al., “Ancient Venom Systems: A Review on Cnidaria Toxins”, in Toxins, volume 7, →DOI. From the entry competitively
• Then she screamed as a jet of spumescent gore slopped across the front of the paralysed fabric.2008, Peter F. Hamilton, The Reality Dysfunction, →ISBN. From the entry spumescent
• She motions with the needle across the station to the paralysed, slack-handed clock.1999, Caroline Adderson, A History of Forgetting, page 353. From the entry slack-handed
• Barge traffic on the country's most important commercial riverway is completely paralysed.1993 July 17, Rupert Cornwell, “Defences crumble as mighty rivers merge”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 19 Jan 2014. From the entry riverway
• But the railway is in limbo, paralysed by indecision.2021 May 5, Philip Haigh, “I Think We Need Better than This from the Rail Industry”, in Rail, number 930, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire…. From the entry limbo
• Carrados to the little band of paralysed listeners.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London. From the entry musketry
• We’ll paralyse Europe as Ignatius Gallaher used to say when he was on the shaughraun, doing billiardmaking in the Clarence.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 7: Aeolus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 130. From the entry shaughraun
• They had watched, paralysed, as, squeaking with terror, her small murine body was ripped to pieces, Tilly yipping gleefully with excitement all the while.2023, Kate Atkinson, “Existential Marginalisation”, in Normal Rules Don’t Apply, Penguin (2024), page 133. From the entry murine
• The war on Covid-19 was delegated to the health secretary, Matt Hancock, a paralysed NHS and scientists publicly feuding over dud data.2020 July 20, Simon Jenkins, “Britain deserves better than an Old Etonian Donald Trump”, in The Guardian. From the entry delegate
• If they had a lot to drink, they might be kisky, flying high, paralysed, boozed, or drunk as a lord, an emperor or a fish.2019, Sarah Knott, Mother: An Unconventional History, page xxxix. From the entry kisky
• Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55. From the entry effect
• To be thus ‘planet-struck’ or ‘blasted’ was to be suddenly and inexplicably affected by a paralysing disease, apoplexy or other kind of sudden death.1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 613. From the entry planet-struck
• It would seem as if the touch of a democratic and anarchical independence had paralysed improvement, which was, in all conscience, slow enough, even in the viceregal times.2014, Clements R. Markham, Cuzco and Lima, page 285. From the entry in all conscience
• Among the most courageous—and successful—darts players are Australian, paralysed in the lower limbs and part of the trunk, who try their hands at dart-archery (often called dartchery).1971, Jack Pollard, Ampol's Sporting Records, page 269. From the entry dartchery
• Dale Hagberg, 38, from Indiana, who has been paralysed from the chin down for 18 years, will use a joystick operated by his mouth to shoot at a blackbuck antelope.2005 March 20, Toby Harnden, “Hunters queue up to shoot live animals over the internet”, in The Telegraph. From the entry Internet hunt

Meaning of paralyse

1. verb British standard spelling of paralyze.

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How do you use paralyse in a sentence?

Paralyse is used as a verb. For example: “Paralysed, the old man was defenceless; and the robbers easily stole all of his money.”

What is a short sentence with paralyse?

“Carrados to the little band of paralysed listeners.”

What does paralyse mean?

Paralyse means british standard spelling of paralyze.