How to Use impair in a Sentence

impair

verb

• Smoking can impair your health.
• His memory was so impaired by age that he often forgot where he was.
• Drinking impairs a person's ability to think clearly.
• Police said the driver of the SUV was not impaired during the crash.
  — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2023
• This does not impair my enjoyment of the Gorn episodes in the prequel.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023
• Urban sprawl keeps growing, and light pollution from a bright city impairs views of the sky even to those more than 40 miles away.
  — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2023
• There were no witnesses, and it is not known if he was impaired by drugs or alcohol.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2024
• Spencer lives with a condition that may impair her judgment.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 4 Mar. 2023
• The department was waiting for results of a blood test acquired with a warrant that would show whether the driver was impaired.
  — Anita Snow, Detroit Free Press, 1 Mar. 2023
• Ruck was not under the influence or impaired in the crash, which has led police to search for other reasons why the crash occurred.
  — Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner, 8 Nov. 2023
• Your decision-making skills will no longer be impaired by a desperate thirst to be liked by all.
  — Meghana Indurti, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2023
• That will mark 58 Super Bowls for the Roman Numeral impaired.
  — Dallas News, 15 Feb. 2023
• But if those are your rear wheels, chains will impair your braking ability above walking speeds.
  — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 9 Mar. 2023
• Deputies say Mohler may have been impaired or under the influence at the time of the Jan. 25 crash, but the investigation is ongoing.
  — Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2024
• Ryan Gould said the 60-year-old Hidden Hills socialite had alcohol and drugs in her system, which impaired her driving.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2024
• Turner said that Black men often ignore symptoms that may impair their brain health.
  — Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 10 Feb. 2023
• The Florida Highway Patrol said the woman who caused the two wrecks was not impaired and was issued a citation.
  — Warren Kulo | [e-mail], al, 10 Mar. 2023
• Another paper, from 2012, found that heat impairs the kind of sleep your body needs to wake up feeling rested and refreshed.
  — Jamie Ducharme, Time, 29 June 2023
• The unanimous opinion Friday, written by Judge Stephen Hill, said the two provisions impair the right to vote.
  — Margaret Stafford, ajc, 17 Mar. 2023
• Police said the driver stopped after the collision and did not show any signs of being impaired by drugs or alcohol.
  — Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
• San Diego police said it was not known if either driver was impaired by drugs or alcohol.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
• In almost every transition shot, glimpses of the wintry landscape are impaired by a passing army truck or, sometimes, a pair of barbed wires.
  — Hazlitt, 27 Oct. 2022
• Don't use fireworks while impaired by alcohol or drugs.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 3 July 2023
• Oil attracts grime and dirt can turn into a polishing compound that wears away at your shotgun and can impair its function.
  — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 27 Feb. 2023
• At that point cognitive function is impaired and death could follow.
  — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2023
• Research in animals and recreational users has shown chronic use of the drug impairs both short- and long-term cognition.
  — Dawn Megli | Kff Health News, ABC News, 31 Jan. 2024
• Her voice and her ability to speak have been impaired by her medical condition, and her fatigue has grown.
  — Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2023
• One year after the successful Merge upgrade, Ethereum is working on a fix to slow a flood of staking that threatens to impair the blockchain's usefulness.
  — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 18 Sep. 2023
• The prosecution has also claimed that Gutierrez Reed may have been hung over at the time, though the defense has adamantly denied that her judgment was impaired.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 9 Aug. 2023
• And as tempting as that pocket flask is, leave it home: alcohol impairs your body’s ability to shiver.
  — Kelly Klein, Outside Online, 13 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024