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Debilitating in sentence

24 examples of Debilitating in a sentence

I'm telling you this story because Archie Cochrane, all his life, fought against a terrible affliction, and he realized it was debilitating to individuals and it was corrosive to societies.
They may suffer debilitating joint and body pain.
Women used to get really debilitating surgeries to excise all of the axillary lymph nodes.
It's pretty common for trans people to feel uncomfortable in their body, and this discomfort can range from debilitating to annoying and everywhere in between.
41 people who were basically outside of being really sick, paying for the one retiree who was experiencing debilitating disease.
But eventually it stops working, and diabetes leads to a predictable onset of debilitating disease.
But they don't put much stock in efforts to prolong life in the face of debilitating illness or in old age.
This is a very dangerous, debilitating, and deadly disease.
Loss of a child, especially for those of us who have our own children, is frightening, more than frightening, paralyzing, debilitating, impossible.
And while some adaptations change these shapes for the better, others can spark a cascade of debilitating complications.
Kessler" (Welles), a scientist working with her husband, first appears at their home, Elizabeth doesn't realize it's John, who never returned to the U.S. because of his crippling, debilitating war wounds.
If these external disadvantages are not debilitating enough, this economy also maintains its own high barriers on international trade (in the form of state trading, import tariffs, and quantitative restrictions).
Their corruption is debilitating not only India’s parliament, but its democracy as well.
At the same time, Beijing and numerous other Chinese metropolises are experiencing debilitating smog, reminiscent of London in the 1950’s.
LONDON – The European question is the grim reaper of British politics – dividing parties, debilitating governments, and destroying careers.
Even the political environment may not be as inauspicious as is often believed: Despite the worrying rise of anti-European sentiment in many countries – especially those hit hardest by the crisis – there is a palpable yearning among Europeans to break out of the continent’s debilitating economic (and political) rut.
It is among the fastest growing regions in the world, but it is also home to the largest concentration of people living in debilitating poverty, conflict, and human misery.
I would include among them pediatric oncologists, the staff of burn units, the volunteers who treat patients with lethal infectious diseases such as Ebola, and the professionals who diagnose and treat debilitating genetic diseases and work with the afflicted families.
Children were spared not only death but also debilitating infections, enabling them to attend school and lead more productive lives in the future.
The result is debilitating.
In the late 1970’s, the country faced a debilitating fiscal deficit.
A small outlay can save one person from suffering through a painful fever, headaches, debilitating malaise, vomiting, and other symptoms of malaria; and it can save a community from lost economic productivity, because kids miss fewer days in school, and adults miss work less often.
The main question is whether China can escape the pull of this old psychological syndrome – which kept it preoccupied throughout the twentieth century with debilitating sentiments of weakness, insecurity, and humiliation – and allow itself to be guided by a new outlook on the world, and even on old enemies.
If they have been vaccinated – the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends getting vaccinated at age 60 – they can avoid this painful, sometimes debilitating, condition.