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verb

past tense of impair

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of impaired
Adjective
For example, in the past a student would have to be failing classes to be considered impaired. Alison Escalante, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025 However, the study did find that in women who were not cognitively impaired, elevated stress levels or persistently high cortisol in midlife—especially after menopause—may be a silent risk factor, Salardini says. Elizabeth Yuko, Flow Space, 5 June 2025
Verb
Kenneth Stewart, 64, was arrested at the scene and charged with driving while ability impaired, Newsday reported. Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024 For more severe hearing loss, our top hearing aid pick offers advanced technology tailored for the hearing-impaired. Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 7 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for impaired
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impaired
Adjective
  • And maybe a little drunk and sick from all that oily food and crappy wine.
    Helen Schulman, The Atlantic, 26 June 2025
  • Yet the car will likely obey speed limits, never get drowsy or drunk and never rubberneck or give in to road rage.
    Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 22 June 2025
Adjective
  • People like my disabled adult son David, who needs 24/7 support.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
  • Josh is a disabled infantry combat veteran who brings fresh takes to genre series like sci-fi drama series Day 5 from El Rey Network and historical western Elkhorn on INSP.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • Assistant state’s attorneys will assist police in obtaining search warrants to conduct blood, breath or urine tests on people who are stopped on suspicion of drunken driving and refuse to submit to testing as required by Illinois law, the release said.
    Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
  • In a stunning decision, the jury in her retrial voted unanimously to only convict Read of drunken driving sparing her any jail time.
    Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 28 June 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
Adjective
  • But unfortunately, indulging too much in fried foods will trigger your cortisol.
    Audrey Noble, Vogue, 25 June 2025
  • Those two disparate memories become a bowl of Venetian-style risotto with a small mound of rock crab meat sourced from that same crabbing boat and a fried egg espuma in the middle.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • The decision was not marred by procedural unfairness.
    Simon Perry, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Lennon's notoriously troubled upbringing was marred by paternal abandonment, frequent moves, and the sudden death of those closest to him, including his estranged mother Julia.
    Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Heat bursts against the yellow dish gloves as the barista’s life pours in a wet red rush over them.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 30 June 2025
  • Anderson, who was also the Rays’ assistant pitching coach in 2008 and 2009, got his feet wet in the broadcast business in 2007 with Cleveland.
    Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • Cybersecurity can potentially be compromised by the same computational capacity that enables the solution of complex issues.
    Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • In a few cases, Social Security numbers were also compromised.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024

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“Impaired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impaired. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.

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