hobbled 1 of 2

past tense of hobble

hobbled

2 of 2

adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hobbled
Adjective
  • Joe Biden’s disastrous June 2024 debate performance, when the nation witnessed a hoarse and feeble president losing his train of thought and struggling to finish sentences, ended his re-election campaign.
    Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 8 July 2025
  • Their feeble efforts fall flat, because the physical historical record dictates otherwise.
    Daily Southtown, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2025
Verb
  • The provision was ratified in the late nineteen-eighties, but conservatives allied with the country’s agricultural lobby have long impeded its enforcement.
    Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Poor governance and economic stewardship have impeded the region’s development and generated the grievances behind the Arab Spring.
    Marwan Muasher, Foreign Affairs, 21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Screenshots from a July 23 TikTok video of a disabled cat managing to get onto his owner's bed without any assistance.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
  • Social Security provides monthly benefit checks to more than 70 million Americans, including retirees, disabled individuals and families.
    Lorie Konish, CNBC, 24 July 2025
Adjective
  • The public and police are encouraged to check on the elderly and infirm.
    Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2025
  • No longer the beloved Renaissance prince of his youth, Henry was, by his mid-40s, an increasingly infirm and mercurial monarch who had few qualms about sending his closest companions—among them the aforementioned Thomas More—to the executioner’s block.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The status of the third remained unknown, but snow obstructed a full view of the nest.
    Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Yoon apologized for his brief martial law decree, but later doubled down and defended the move, arguing the liberal party obstructed his political agenda.
    Sophia Vento, The Hill, 8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Those weak harvests, in turn, are due to drought and high temperatures and more generally climate change, which has negatively impacted coffee harvests for several years.
    Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 21 July 2025
  • Witness the rally in the railroads last week that crushed shorts banking on weaker transport earnings.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 21 July 2025
Adjective
  • Based on the video game of the same name created by Scott Cawthon, the 2023 film follows a night guard (Josh Hutcherson) who takes a job at a decrepit pizzeria, discovering that the animatronic characters in the restaurant come to life after dark.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 21 July 2025
  • Seaport Entertainment, which owns a 30 percent stake in Jean-Georges Restaurants, recently completed a breathtaking renovation of the decrepit Tin Building at South Street Seaport, creating a food hall of various Jean-Georges restaurants and food markets.
    Yuvraj Khanna, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Adjective
  • Each episode is just 25 minutes long, with no wasted motion, and creator Félix Sabroso is already at work on a second season.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 11 July 2025
  • The result should be more helpful alerts, and fewer wasted taps.
    Paul Lamkin, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
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“Hobbled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hobbled. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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