How to Use disabled in a Sentence

disabled

adjective

• The organization is working to protect the rights of disabled veterans.
• Beaudette's car left the road towards and came to a stop in a ditch, while Murphy's car was left disabled in the northbound lane.
  — Daniel McFadin, arkansasonline.com, 3 Mar. 2024
• The tractor-trailer was disabled and partially in the roadway at the time of the wreck, Peoples said.
  — Howard Koplowitz | [e-mail], al, 18 Sep. 2023
• The majority of people on the wait lists are like the Rooks: older, disabled, or both.
  — Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2023
• For those of us who are disabled and want a slower pace, my workshops have a lot of resting and slowing down.
  — Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2023
• Ricky looks out for his disabled father, a man who beat his kids, then left and never returned.
  — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2023
• Resident Tabitha White, 39, a disabled stay at home mom, brought her 12-year-old son to help Stewart.
  — Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
• Try watching this video on www.youtube.com, or enable JavaScript if it is disabled in your browser.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2024
• But while driving in such a manner, something in the truck broke and the vehicle became disabled.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2023
• Experts have estimated that the health span and life span gap is about a decade or more—meaning people live the last of their lives disabled and in pain.
  — Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 29 Nov. 2023
• Short said airlines need to take better care of their disabled passengers.
  — Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 7 July 2023
• Last year, the city council approved a larger tax exemption for those who are disabled or 65-years-old and older.
  — Josephine Peterson, Dallas News, 17 Apr. 2023
• The cameras disabled were at the entrance of the building and near the elevator, the superintendent said.
  — Al Goodman, CNN, 20 Feb. 2024
• Like many disabled people, Rio-Glick has felt othered by peers, relatives, and strangers.
  — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 8 Mar. 2024
• One Bradley was disabled after taking a direct hit, but its heavy armor shielded troops inside from the worst of the impact.
  — Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 12 June 2023
• There’s a societal movement that needs to evolve to include disabled people.
  — Kr Liu and Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 13 Feb. 2024
• One, which was a disabled silver Chevrolet Traverse, contained Ariel and a second child seated in the back, who were both injured.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2024
• The Honda was disabled and sent into other traffic lanes, where it was then hit by a Chevrolet pickup truck.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2024
• Since the end of first grade, he’s been in a special public school classroom in Brooklyn that integrates disabled and nondisabled kids.
  — Abigail Kramer, ProPublica, 4 May 2023
• The company’s other focus is using the implants to bridge the brain’s connection to disabled limbs, or to even robotic limbs.
  — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 22 Mar. 2024
• Will seniors and disabled persons who already have their school taxes frozen save money under the new law?
  — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 9 Aug. 2023
• The suspect took off on foot when the vehicle became disabled in a dirt parking lot near New Britain Stadium.
  — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2024
• In some cities, the hacking attack disabled air alert systems, which alert the public to take cover from incoming missiles and drones.
  — David L. Stern, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
• But tens of thousands are estimated to remain in the north, including many who are unable to travel, such as the sick and disabled.
  — Zach Levitt, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
• The Crows are outcasts, disabled, and recovering from trauma, and find love and healing through each other.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2023
• The proportion of recipients who are disabled or have a long-term health condition was 13%, up from 9.3% last year.
  — Pan Pylas, ajc, 16 June 2023
• Medicaid is a joint federal and state health care program for poor and disabled people.
  — Bruce Schreiner, The Courier-Journal, 27 July 2023
• The purpose of the drive is to raise money to purchase fans or air conditioners for elderly or disabled people.
  — Arkansas Online, 5 July 2023
• The emotional wounds of a trans or disabled Latina are going to be different than someone who is able-bodied.
  — Roxsy Lin, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
• By now, From Software’s disregard for disabled players is no surprise, nor is the ableism from its fans, which has never been addressed by the studio.
  — WIRED, 2 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 5 May 2024