Shadow chancellor George Osborne said the hung parliament would "paralyse" the economy.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Latest From www.inthenews.co.uk] Reference

He adds there will be a dip in confidence, a run on the pound and disastrous interest rate rises that will 'paralyse' the country.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home] Reference

For she let oot a squeal that wad paralyse a teuchit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sheelicks] Reference

That didn't paralyse me so much as their air of diligence.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vatican Rip]

That wind was trying to stupefy him, to paralyse him, too.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hornblower And The Hotspur]

One effect was to paralyse the deer and birds within range.    From Wordnik.com.  [Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan] Reference

This Act will paralyse organisations relying on overseas money.    From Wordnik.com.  [DOCUMENTS OF THE OSLO CONFERENCE] Reference

It is a nursery of the maladies that paralyse and ruin a country.    From Wordnik.com.  ["MINORITY WHITE RULE AND NON-WHITES IN THE UNION"] Reference

It is the fear that a minefield exists which can paralyse a community.    From Wordnik.com.  [Better Aid for a Better Future: Australia's Aid Program] Reference

'Gentleman,' he said, 'It is now essential to paralyse the British effort further.    From Wordnik.com.  [Operation Sea Lion]

This could paralyse sport for a long time and cost a lot of money in sponsorships.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

But success seems to paralyse him, as if he is afraid any movement will break the charm.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Rentoul today puts Trevor Kavanagh and myself in the...] Reference

That led to attacks on the Centre by some governments and attempts to paralyse the work.    From Wordnik.com.  [EDUCATION AGAINST APARTHEID] Reference

The ZCTU has proved its ability to paralyse the country by mobilising workers in strike actions.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

This damning proof of his companion's aloofness from village gossip seemed to paralyse the gravedigger.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Daughters of Danaus] Reference

Labour and Social Welfare has the power to suspend or dismiss employees who paralyse essential services.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

He said employees should avoid striking as it harmed productivity and could paralyse essential services.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

It has also taken a number of measurers to paralyse the UDF and the rest of the legal democratic movement.    From Wordnik.com.  [A GREAT VICTORY!] Reference

The Javanese 'violin-beetle' gives off a fluid which is said to paralyse the fingers for twenty-four hours.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference

The music seemed to fascinate him, to paralyse his will, even as the sphex paralyses its victim with its sting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Border Ghost Stories] Reference

England, and heretic rebels in the Netherlands, threatened a combination which he was bound to try and paralyse.    From Wordnik.com.  [England under the Tudors] Reference

We're going to end up with rules and targets and all the things that currently paralyse so much of British life.    From Wordnik.com.  [Widdecombe: I’ve just had enough] Reference

"The congress has also decided that every member of the union would paralyse the functioning of rural councils.".    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

It has also taken a number of measures in an attempt to paralyse the UDF and the rest of the legal democratic movement.    From Wordnik.com.  [INTERVIEW WITH MAYIBUYE ON THE CURRENT SITUATION IN SOUTH AFRICA AND SOUTHERN AFRICA IN GENERAL, 1984(1)] Reference

During the past year, the racists also carried out a concerted campaign in a vain attempt to paralyse the armed struggle.    From Wordnik.com.  [UNITED ACTION FOR PEOPLE'S POWER] Reference

During the past year, the racists also carried out a concerted campaign in a vain at tempt to paralyse the armed struggle.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS] Reference

The boldness of the advocate in thus administering it to himself in open court appeared to paralyse the minds of the judges.    From Wordnik.com.  [Speeches from the Dock, Part I] Reference

To resolve the crisis, which threatens to paralyse our hospital services nationally, four major issues need to be addressed.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

First, on a declaration of war by England, Ireland might refuse to take part in it; and her refusal would paralyse the Empire.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is Ulster Right?] Reference

I came out of this age of ours, this ripe prime of the human race, when Fear does not paralyse and mystery has lost its terrors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Science Fiction Hall of Fame]

The embargo would tie up the ships to rot, throw seamen out of employment, destroy perishable commodities like breadstuffs, and paralyse trade.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference

League, was in fact doing his best to play into the hands of his nominal opponent, Navarre, and to paralyse his nominal adherent, Guise, who had.    From Wordnik.com.  [England under the Tudors] Reference

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean, who were here the other day, spoke of it, saying truly that for the moment it seemed to paralyse the very heart of England.    From Wordnik.com.  [Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century] Reference