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verb

past tense of disable

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of disabled
Adjective
Republican Chuck Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits program is failing the spouses and children of deceased and disabled first responders and needs new leadership. Ryan J. Foley, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025 Without power, the centrifuges enriching the uranium could become permanently disabled. Jennifer Griffin, FOXNews.com, 21 June 2025
Verb
According to one person who was in the courtroom on Tuesday, the hearing lasted just 30 minutes before Bradley County Chancery Court Chancellor Jerry Bryant determined Forrest to be disabled under state law, and decided on Aubrey as his conservator. Jemima McEvoy, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025 This headline feature is disabled by default but can be activated via the Roborock app. Prakhar Khanna, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disabled
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disabled
Adjective
  • Additionally, Carpentersville and Elgin police are conducting a safety campaigns through Monday, July 7, focused on impaired and unbuckled drivers.
    Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
  • Jones was sentenced to a maximum of over 20 years in prison on the second-degree murder charge and more than three months on the driving while impaired charge, officials said.
    Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • His vengeance included turning Michigan State in for NCAA violations, leading to probation that crippled the program until the late 1970s.
    Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • As the city litigated and revised the environmental impact report, two devastating storms in December 2023 and February 2024 — the same series that crippled San Diego’s Ocean Beach Pier — substantially damaged the wharf.
    Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Queen’s legendary guitarist Brian May made an unexpected return to the music festival stage at Coachella 2025, just seven months after a minor stroke temporarily paralyzed his left arm.
    Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2025
  • However, so much has happened since 2020 — the year that a pandemic paralyzed the country — that Idahoans could be forgiven if their memories of the event are a little hazy.
    Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • And in that world, the 2025 Toyota Sequoia brings not just luxury and off-road capability, but exceptional long-term reliability.
    Karl Brauer, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
  • One traveler noted their exceptional comfort during a trip to Portugal, praising their elevated look and all-day wearability.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2025
Verb
  • Hours before that performance, as Ivy has a diva moment and Karen is incapacitated in a reformatting of the series’ poisoning plot line, Bombshell’s assistant director, Chloe (Bella Coppola), suddenly has to step up to play Marilyn, winning the love of the internet.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Successful organizing includes documenting evidence of government abuses, sharing information broadly, and building administrative systems rather than relying on a few leaders who may be assassinated or otherwise incapacitated.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The passengers went to a hospital, but nobody was seriously injured.
    Patrick McGeehan, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • He’s currently injured, but when in the lineup, the 6-foot-4, 203-pound forward is the type of player the Blues love — straight lines, finishes checks, sells out every shift and a nose for the net.
    Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025

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“Disabled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disabled. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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