hobble race horses. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
So when the prosecutor called him to the witness stand, it took what seemed like forever for him to kind of hobble up to the stand. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 8, 2007] Reference
` ` Normally, when that type of thing happens, it's painful at first, you kind of hobble off and then it goes away, '' Redick said. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Scores] Reference
But he watched the small figure, that did after all "hobble" a little all the way down the room as the summoned housekeeper led the way. From Wordnik.com. [Suzanna Stirs the Fire] Reference
The judges all hated Mila's dress, which was so tight and stiff that her model had to "hobble" down the runway. From Wordnik.com. [Starpulse Entertainment News] Reference
"hobble" the PC multiplayer version of MW2 by not providing for dedicated servers. From Wordnik.com. [The Escapist : Latest News] Reference
It hurts less if you hobble and make a big show of it. From Wordnik.com. [Incidentally] Reference
I hobble along, feet sucked by mud or crunching snow. From Wordnik.com. [Once There Was a Way to Get Back Home] Reference
The continuing tensions also hobble Japan's diplomatic clout. From Wordnik.com. [A Very Lonely Japan] Reference
What do you s'pose folks will say when I hobble in all by myself?. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of Gold] Reference
We watched it hobble through the grass, toward the copse of trees. From Wordnik.com. [Part of Life: Two Ways] Reference
"And hobble skirts," added Billie with an inward laugh, remembering. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp] Reference
BRADY: But all those sanctions together could hobble BP financially. From Wordnik.com. [BP Faces Possible Sanctions For Gulf Coast Spill] Reference
Bet and Enid helped Joy to hobble along to the edge of the cliff, and. From Wordnik.com. [The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure] Reference
Johnny started to hobble down the porch steps when Barney stopped him. From Wordnik.com. [Make Mine Homogenized] Reference
The demands of the historical epic form seem to hobble Jordan's imagination. From Wordnik.com. [Slouching Toward Mayhem] Reference
Water scarcity and diminishing returns from fertilizer will hobble harvests. From Wordnik.com. [The Next Food Crisis?] Reference
She had been able to hobble on her two sticks from her bedroom to the porch. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret] Reference
Potts kept up well for the first hundred yards, then began to hobble painfully. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Line] Reference
After each play several Bartlett men were seen to hobble wearily to their positions. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Line] Reference
Bajra, who managed to hobble off to safety, doesn't know what happened to the old men. From Wordnik.com. [Slaughter On Rakoci Street] Reference
As I learned to walk, I'm told I would hobble around like a drunk on a Saturday night. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrating the Pity Of Brotherly Love] Reference
They are concerned that the real aim of the review is to hobble anticorruption efforts. From Wordnik.com. [Afghanistan Blunts Anticorruption Efforts] Reference
'She is,' Fred declared, and, as he spoke, the woman began to hobble in their direction. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
But go I must, so I resolved to make the best of it, and hobble along as well as I could. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
Sure, there are some that evoke the mid is of circa 1970 or the early-20th-century hobble skirt. From Wordnik.com. [The Long And Sport Of It] Reference
"No, a hobble is something we put on horses to keep them from straying away," said the ranchman. From Wordnik.com. [Six Little Bunkers at Uncle Fred's] Reference
But I think it's very draining to fool yourself into thinking that you'll be able to hobble Microsoft. From Wordnik.com. [Gates, Face To Face] Reference
Credit is not going to be the crutch on which we hobble forward during this difficult economic period. From Wordnik.com. [Max Fraad Wolff: We Are Here: The State of the Economy] Reference
Such open hostility may play well politically in the short term, but it could hobble his administration. From Wordnik.com. [Can He Handle The Presidency?] Reference
On school mornings I'd hobble downstairs half awake to the sound of her voice drifting from the kitchen. From Wordnik.com. [How I Escaped Jami G’s Shadow] Reference
After much negotiation, the labels OK'd musicmix, once Microsoft agreed to somewhat hobble its features. From Wordnik.com. [Microsoft Gets A Clue From Its Kiddie Corps] Reference
Finally, India's labor laws hobble labor-intensive manufacturing in general and vertical FDI in particular. From Wordnik.com. [India Gears Up For Growth] Reference
And corporations may well come to understand that it's bad policy to strictly hobble the flow of information. From Wordnik.com. [Info With A Ball And Chain] Reference
However, some very thoughtful people are responding to increasing systemic risk by wanting to hobble technology. From Wordnik.com. [What BP, Toyota And The Dow Share] Reference
The plan sparked a bitter war with Australia's biggest firms, who argued the plan would hobble the country's economy. From Wordnik.com. [Shadow of Ouster Hangs Over Australian Vote] Reference
Saying so would be easier, less expensive, and more likely to hobble jihadist groups than another "hearts and minds" campaign. From Wordnik.com. [Fight Fire with Funny] Reference
But even a less disastrous scenario -- such as continued gridlock -- will seriously hobble global growth and corporate earnings. From Wordnik.com. [Earnings Are A Real Drag] Reference
The yen's rise against the U.S. dollar and the euro continued to hobble the Tokyo market, but most stocks were off their morning lows. From Wordnik.com. [Yen Still Hurting Tokyo Stocks] Reference
The yen's rise against the U.S. dollar and the euro continued to hobble the Tokyo market, but most stocks ended off their morning lows. From Wordnik.com. [London, Toronto Log Solid Gains] Reference
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