How to Use palsy in a Sentence

palsy

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  • Bell’s palsy is a paralysis of the facial nerve on one side.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 31 Mar. 2021
  • Adam, who has cerebral palsy, couldn’t wait to get out of his wheelchair and into his sleek black ride-on truck.
    — Valerie Wigglesworth, chicagotribune.com, 7 June 2017
  • For instance, a hooked-nose face seen scowling from the upper level appears to suffer from Bell’s palsy.
    — San Antonio Express-News, 28 Mar. 2020
  • Thirteen-year-old Elhena Fry was born with cerebral palsy.
    — Maria Carter, Country Living, 24 Feb. 2017
  • Bell’s palsy, which is temporary muscle paralysis in the face, was found in four patients who received the vaccine, and none on the placebo.
    — Jared S. Hopkins, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2020
  • We were struck with Bell’s palsy, a type of facial paralysis that occurs when the nerves controlling the muscles on one side of the face are damaged or even destroyed.
    — Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2021
  • In both studies there were a few cases of Bell’s palsy, a temporary or lasting partial paralysis of the face.
    — Robert M. Kaplan and Dominick L. Frosch, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2020
  • Andrew and his twin brother William, who are 13, both were diagnosed with cerebral palsy early in life.
    — Johnny Gorches, Post-Tribune, 6 June 2017
  • In the early 2000s, a nasal flu vaccine licensed and used in Switzerland was linked to Bell’s palsy, a temporary facial paralysis.
    — Marla Broadfoot, Scientific American, 3 May 2022
  • Symptoms over time can include rashes, headaches, arthritis, facial palsy and nerve pain.
    — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2021
  • The cause was progressive supranuclear palsy, said his son David Gossett.
    — Emily Langer, Washington Post, 16 June 2017
  • Lifelong paralysis and a form of cerebral palsy can result, and treatment options are few.
    — Hannah Furfaro, WSJ, 26 Feb. 2017
  • There were some oddities that may be a sign of something to watch—during the trials, four cases of Bell’s palsy, or a slackening of the face muscles, emerged in the group that got the vaccine, and there were none in the group that got the placebo.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Diagnosed as a baby with severe cerebral palsy and epilepsy, the Santa Cruz, Calif., 8-year-old has never spoken, or walked or cleared her own throat.
    — Jocelyn Wiener, Kaiser Health News, 22 May 2017
  • Court records indicate that the CFSA got involved with the baby after she was born with traces of cocaine in her urine and brachial plexus palsy, which caused muscle paralysis in her right arm.
    — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 27 May 2023
  • Bell’s palsy, a disorder that affects the movement of muscles in the face, is listed as a rare side effect, affecting up to one in 1,000 people, for the Moderna and Janssen vaccines.
    — Molly Stellino, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The cause was progressive supranuclear palsy, a brain disorder, said his wife, Adele Ellis.
    — Washington Post, 14 June 2018
  • Davis, Sony’s chief creative officer, has been diagnosed with Bell’s palsy.
    — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 23 Feb. 2021
  • O’Connor, strong and good-humored, is partially disabled by cerebral palsy.
    — Mike Sager, Smithsonian, 28 June 2017
  • Trying to enhance the vaccine with an extra ingredient, called an adjuvant, inflamed the nasal mucosa and led to Bell’s palsy in some people.
    — Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Peroneal nerve palsy causes a foot drop weakness or inability to lift up the foot and evert, both important qualities for a linebacker.
    — Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, 9 May 2017
  • Cerebral palsy is caused by damage to the developing brain and affects a person’s ability to control his or her muscles.
    — Amanda Klarsfeld, sun-sentinel.com, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Oghalai says that the redness and blisters near the ear — along with the severe pain that comes with it — are typically the symptoms that lead doctors to diagnose patients with Ramsay Hunt, as opposed to Bell’s palsy.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 11 June 2022
  • When Al, who is sixty-eight, was diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) in 2012, he was not guaranteed even this.
    — Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics, 3 Oct. 2018
  • Nett, an activist who has cerebral palsy, spoke through a friend to voice his concerns about the bill's deep cuts to Medicaid, the state-federal health plan for low-income people that helps pay for services for disabled people.
    — Deborah Yetter, The Courier-Journal, 9 July 2017
  • The moving around is important, Julie said, as she was told that there was some possibility that Juliana could have cerebral palsy and have limited movement on her right side.
    — Eric Adler, kansascity.com, 28 Apr. 2017
  • However, over time a slight palsy in my fingers has made doing a double-click somewhat problematic.
    — Don Edrington Computer Tutor, sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 July 2017
  • Additionally, this video hints at nerve issues, as his rehab seemed to include work for a peroneal nerve palsy with foot drop, which often happens with this level of trauma.
    — Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 Dec. 2017
  • His wife, Lenda (Hill) Naimoli, said the cause was complications of progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare brain disorder.
    — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2019
  • The referendum was a symptom as much as a cause of the internal revolution: the Rousseauan palsy had already entered the party’s central nervous system.
    — The Economist, 1 Aug. 2019

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