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verb

past tense of impair

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of impaired
Adjective
The bank also reduced its expectations for corporate earnings across most asset classes, citing impaired sentiment and cooling economic growth. Alex Harring, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2025 Preliminary details indicate the motorist is under arrest for an impaired driving offense. Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 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
  • Occasionally a table will be brought out to suggest another bar, another time, for Elmer to get drunk in and pick a fight, or a safe will be wheeled on stage for the clueless Elmer to try to blow up.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Ferguson was drunk at the time, according to prosecutors.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Gloria allegedly provided care to disabled patients including a five-year-old and a 27-year-old during his time at the second agency, according to court records.
    Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 2 May 2025
  • She is being charged with intentional bodily injury to a child, elderly person, or disabled individual, an offense that can result in a felony conviction.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 2 May 2025
Adjective
  • Her continued testimony is expected to play a crucial role in the trial over whether Read killed O’Keefe, her boyfriend, in January 2022 with her SUV during a drunken fit of rage, or whether she was framed for his murder by law enforcement officers.
    Michael Loria, USA Today, 1 May 2025
  • In the plane with me were the pilot and our drunken passenger.
    Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 1 May 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • The passengers went to a hospital, but nobody was seriously injured.
    Patrick McGeehan, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The burritos are filled with home fries-ish bits of potato, cheddar cheese, three eggs cooked on the griddle, sausage or fried bacon.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
  • For brunch, there are the likes of Stillhouse Eggs Benedict with fried green tomatoes, Koko’s Biscuits & Gravy, and Chicken & Waffles.
    Susan B. Barnes, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 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
  • During a succession of poor wet seasons, the females postpone reproductive maturation up to 10 years and may produce a litter only once a decade.
    Stephen S. Hall, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Allowing a wet rug to sit too long can cause mold and mildew to develop.
    Tessa Cooper, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 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 5 May. 2025.

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