The culture was paralyzingly closed and conformist. From Wordnik.com. [America's Errant Empires] Reference
If they do, their majorities will be paralyzingly small. From Wordnik.com. [Maybe the Dems should lose the House?] Reference
I would then gleefully use it anyway, because it's paralyzingly funny. From Wordnik.com. ["Scrotum sounded to Lucky like something green that comes up when you have the flu and cough too much."] Reference
And then disaster struck; suddenly, paralyzingly, as mine disasters do. From Wordnik.com. [First Lensman]
His early papers are paralyzingly beautiful, but there are many errata. From Wordnik.com. [On Albert Einstein] Reference
Once, during a paralyzingly cold winter, you decided to take up knitting. From Wordnik.com. [A Snow Insprired Lamp Made from Sugar | Inhabitat] Reference
We expected a nervous day, not such a paralyzingly nervous one as it proved to be. From Wordnik.com. [Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude] Reference
I can't talk about my childhood anymore without being paralyzingly self-conscious. From Wordnik.com. [mighty pleasin', pappy's corn squeezin'] Reference
It would become paralyzingly frustrating to pick from the limited list English has on offer. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
Poets and writers, Kho'i contends, can also be paralyzingly overwhelmed by the troubles in Iran. From Wordnik.com. [Shirin Sadeghi: Voices of Protest: The Iranian Word] Reference
Penny ante and beneath you, you the man who once ruled the L.A. rackets with a paralyzingly pugnacious panache!. From Wordnik.com. [White Jazz]
"How much dog sauce you got?" said his paralyzingly piercing brown eyes,"Gimme dog sauce, and then we'll talk.". From Wordnik.com. [blog: February 2008] Reference
And she had become almost paralyzingly aware again of what a poor excuse for a bride to such a handsome gentleman she was. From Wordnik.com. [The Obedient Bride]
It's paralyzingly scary that they don't have the wherewithal -- they do, but they don't use it -- to X-ray every single bag. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 23, 2001] Reference
The series might have seemed a good bet to be paralyzingly dull, but at least one show was riveting in its drama and tension. From Wordnik.com. [Why Americans Hate the Media] Reference
I suppose I should now say “Go ‘Noles,” but since I am paralyzingly bored by even the thought of college athletics, I won’t. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » Late Nite FDL: There’s Someone Here to See You, Dr. Frist] Reference
But the grand Junior League classic, written by everyone's dowager aunt (incuding mine), contains some tongue-paralyzingly bad recipes. From Wordnik.com. [An Amazon.com Books Blog featuring news, reviews, interviews and guest author blogs.] Reference
The impact was hard enough to be paralyzingly painful, and he moved a little less gracefully when he leaped over a narrow side-street to another rooftop. From Wordnik.com. [The Sinister Six Combo]
The authors we read at that age, like Judy Blume and Lois Lowry, created such visceral, formative literary experiences for both of us that they loomed paralyzingly large. From Wordnik.com. [Joanne Rendell: Getting Real About Reality TV] Reference
Not so "The Chairs," whose zesty, near-vaudevillian comic turns enliven a vision of man's fate that might otherwise be paralyzingly dark -- especially when you see it in the Sunshine State. From Wordnik.com. [Highbrow Fun in the Sunshine State] Reference
He cared enough about truth to send the very worst, that is, and his accounts of the national life often made it seem almost paralyzingly ugly, or almost disablingly absurd, or both at once. From Wordnik.com. [The Awful Truth] Reference
Arabella became suddenly and paralyzingly aware that the viscount, clad with suffocating handsomeness in green superfine coat, buff pantaloons, and white-topped Hessians, was striding toward the stables from the direction of the house. From Wordnik.com. [The Obedient Bride]
She was concentrating so hard on the song's arrangement, that she didn't realize how close she'd gotten to the stage-not until a wild guitar lick screamed out of the second in answer to a growl from the base-a solo riff that was paralyzingly familiar. From Wordnik.com. [Children Of The Night]
Warmblooded oxygen-breathers find neither welcome nor enjoyment in a pleasure-resort operated by and for such a race, say, as the Trocanthers, who are cold-blooded, quasi-reptilian beings who abhor light of all kinds and who breathe a gaseous mixture not only paralyzingly cold but also chemically fatal to man. From Wordnik.com. [Gray Lensman]
This is a grown-up movie, and yet paralyzingly funny in places. From Wordnik.com. [indieWIRE News] Reference
Studying the E. A. Bowles, observe six slightly convex paralyzingly all-white petals of equal length. From Wordnik.com. [Thestar.com - Home Page] Reference
And we have to note that, though you can load the site from the paralyzingly lengthy URL bring. mn works as well. From Wordnik.com. [Politics in Minnesota - Minnesota's Public Affairs News Service] Reference
Both dances are available on a pair of newly reissued DVDs that also contain an assortment of "straight" classical works danced with paralyzingly funny near-sincerity. From Wordnik.com. [About Last Night] Reference
Across from Hairspray is a terrific Mediterranean restaurant that serves breakfast until 15: 00 (service was paralyzingly slow, even when we were the only people there). From Wordnik.com. [Crushing Krisis] Reference
Flight crews made the controlled descent, rescue crews raced to get terrified passengers out of paralyzingly icy waters, and mariners in ferries and other boats assisted as needed. From Wordnik.com. [tugster: a waterblog] Reference
I agree that a modest observance of our most important cultural holiday would not come amiss right now, no matter how grim our current situation may be and how paralyzingly depressing it is to see, once again, our officials rushing to Beijing to ingratiate themselves with some supercilious functionaries of the United Front. From Wordnik.com. [Phayul Latest News] Reference
Throughout my life, I’ve had difficulty making friends because I’m sometime paralyzingly shy. From Wordnik.com. [BOOK VIEW CAFE BLOG » Gender and Friendship] Reference
We’ll get there early, have some paralyzingly expensive ballpark snacks, and sample all the excitement. From Wordnik.com. [Extra, Extra - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
It would just be paralyzingly SCARY. From Wordnik.com. [Radical feminist therapy « Bound, Not Gagged] Reference
Back then, I used to be paralyzingly shy. From Wordnik.com. [The scary bits at SF Novelists] Reference
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