lames

present tense third-person singular of lame

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lames
Verb
  • This inefficiency is invisible during small-scale development tests but completely cripples an application’s performance under the heavy load of a real production environment.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • An ongoing alien siege cripples the world’s militaries, infrastructure, and communication centers but Will can run Premiere Pro, FaceTime, WhatsApp, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and remote control a Tesla all at the same time.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Set against Mumbai’s relentless pulse, their delicate connection faces tests as personal histories, desires, and wounds resurface.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
  • No policy wounds Tibetan dignity more profoundly than attempts to co-opt its spiritual and institutional heart.
    Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Lorenzo confronts and incapacitates Pepe, Sonia’s main ally, before facing Sonia herself.
    Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Feinerman explained that dryness in the eyes can cause an inflammatory response that damages the pigment layer of the macula, accelerating eye aging.
    Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 25 Sep. 2025
  • These instructions help turn off the harmful protein that damages brain cells.
    Doc Louallen, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Gafford injures ankle The Mavericks are likely to be without one of their major frontcourt pieces this preseason.
    Christian Clark, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Automobility directly or indirectly causes one in 34 deaths annually, injures more than 100 million people a year, and has killed as many people as the two World Wars combined.
    Henrietta Moore, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Lames.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lames. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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