How to Use hobble in a Sentence

hobble

verb

• She picked up her cane and hobbled across the room.
• He has been hobbled by a knee injury.
• She is sometimes hobbled by self-doubt.
• But the current Covid wave may hobble growth in the months ahead.
  — Laura He, CNN, 2 Jan. 2023
• Souley Boum Boum was hobbled against Butler the first time around.
  — Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 3 Mar. 2023
• Sara Scalia misses a 3 then hobbles toward the bench and heads to the locker room.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Mar. 2023
• Iced tea is served in large Styrofoam cups, and old men in boots hobble up to the counter to pay.
  — Men's Health, 28 Nov. 2022
• The vehicle also once took a tank round to one of its wheels and was able to hobble away.
  — Stanislav Kozliuk, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2023
• Movies that did stick with their release dates were hobbled by the fact that stars, for the most part, couldn’t promote them.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
• Moore left in the third quarter and appeared to hobble his way into the home locker room.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 3 Sep. 2023
• The Jets’ fourth straight victory, a 16-9 win in Denver, got out to a fast start that may hobble the team in the future.
  — Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2022
• His feet, hobbled and pained from living on the street, were a constant burden.
  — Brammhi Balarajan, CNN, 25 Feb. 2024
• Under Pick, the unit went from hobbled to healthy, and even surged past competitors to a No. 1 ranking.
  — Sridhar Natarajan, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2023
• Now cases that could hobble some of those agencies are coming before the Supreme Court.
  — Josh Feldman, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2023
• But the purpose of the policy is clear enough: to hobble China’s quest to catch up with the U.S. in crucial industries of the future.
  — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2022
• Maxey briefly left the court hobbled after Reed stepped on his ankle, and the Heat took a one-point lead after three quarters.
  — Anthony Sanfilippo, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024
• But those moves do not appear to have hobbled its coverage.
  — Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
• Children hobble through the pews with leg braces, men carry colostomy bags that sometimes leak.
  — Holly Bailey, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2023
• De Luca argues that the box office was hobbled by the pandemic.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 14 June 2023
• As the global economy evolves apace, so do the vectors by which currency chaos can hobble it.
  — Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ, 28 July 2022
• With a brisk, hobbling stride, Stan Herman trotted past bird-watchers and leaf-peepers in Central Park the other day.
  — Bob Morris, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
• But the defense actually played better in the second half, when at its most hobbled.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2023
• The Times’ Jessica Gelt has a smart analysis on whether the Taper is simply the first domino to fall in a form that has been hobbled by the pandemic.
  — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2023
• Garver, however, hobbled to first, then slowly walked off the field.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2023
• And cities and states new to the program have been hobbled by their inexperience in resettling refugees.
  — Emily Frazier, The Conversation, 30 Aug. 2023
• But that hobbled the team’s ability to build a defense, as the different factions had no clue what the others were doing.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 1 June 2023
• While Red hobbled away from the house in Seville, Zuma and Cooper reflected on the finality of their journey.
  — Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 14 July 2023
• Read full article Duran stayed in the game but hobbled off the field in the eighth inning after a ground out, then walked down the tunnel with a member of the Red Sox staff following him.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2023
• Gonzalez landed awkwardly while trying to break up a pass near the end of the practice and hobbled to the sideline where he was met by the medical staff.
  — oregonlive, 28 Aug. 2023
• Google could be hobbled if the trial ends in concessions that undercut its power.
  — Paul Wiseman and Michael Liedtke, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024