How to Use maim in a Sentence

maim

verb

• The bomb killed 16 people and maimed several others.
• So many more were maimed and left homeless for years to come.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 12 Jan. 2018
• Old men send young boys to fight and risk maiming or death for the rest of us.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2026
• They were wounded and maimed by the tens of thousands.
  — CBS News, 10 May 2026
• Statues of saints have been left maimed, missing hands and feet.
  — Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2017
• No one has a right to maim or kill someone because our words offend them.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2022
• Those who survived were often maimed for life, in body and in spirit.
  — Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
• But the fact is, people with guns kill, and maim and terrorize.
  — Sue McMillin, The Denver Post, 6 Aug. 2019
• Jim Davis/Globe Staff The bombs killed three and maimed dozens.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2023
• Over 45,000 children have been maimed.
  — Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
• Forget flowers, the men of dark romances maim as a grand gesture.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 18 July 2026
• Anderson was jailed on an assault with intent to maim charge.
  — Robert Gearty, Fox News, 1 July 2018
• Some of my favorite restaurants had been maimed by the pandemic.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Dec. 2023
• More than 64,000 children have been killed or maimed in the past two years.
  — Samer Sinijlawi, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2025
• Many young people have seen friends killed, maimed or hauled off by security forces.
  — Sameer Yasir, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2019
• Daredevil isn’t afraid to maim people.
  — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
• Enter Email Sign Up The bombs killed three and maimed dozens.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2023
• Men on the islands have been left blind, deaf or maimed, and death has become part of the fishermen’s lore.
  — Aurora Almendral, New York Times, 15 June 2018
• To my relief and delight, the firearm had not exploded in my face, maiming me for life.
  — Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
• If branches large enough to maim are crashing down around your ground blind, that’s also too much wind for deer hunting.
  — Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 3 Apr. 2023
• Most attackers’ aim, experts say, is not to kill, but to maim and embarrass.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2019
• Tens of thousands of people have been maimed by Cambodia’s mines.
  — Samuel Granados, Washington Post, 22 July 2023
• More than 260 people were also injured and maimed.
  — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
• Many more runners were maimed, beaten with clubs, or blinded with shrapnel from their homemade bombs.
  — Simon Shuster, TIME, 4 Jan. 2024
• Collins is charged with maiming after former conviction of a felony.
  — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 3 Aug. 2023
• Lebanon still has a long way to go, particularly in the south, where mines and cluster bombs still kill and maim.
  — Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2019
• Unfortunately many of the bomblets in such weapons later went on to kill and maim civilians.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 26 Feb. 2019
• The attack only maims Aegon, who is left bedridden and unable to walk on his own.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 20 June 2026
• Lethal weaponry is not just a symbol or a cultural totem or a deterrent; its purpose is to kill and maim.
  — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 22 Feb. 2018
• All the things that hurt us and maim us, the jealousies and rages, loves and losses and sorrows, become fodder for authors.
  — Randy Dotinga, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Sep. 2017