| 单词 | crutch |
| 例句 | Geoffrey raced down the bank ahead of all the rest, swinging his crutches ahead of him and taking in his stride twice as much ground as the other boys. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z It’s true that other people with crutches just sit in their regular seats. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z He started walking back upstairs with the crutches they had given Mom in the hospital. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z His left crutch shot out onto a patch of loose stones. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She found a place in an alcove for the men with crutches to sit, told them not to move, and took the rest up by the stairs. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z At the steps I put both crutches in my left hand, grab the pipe rail with my right, then hop up. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I crutch forward a few steps and take a deep breath. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Everything looked wonderfully vivid and clean as Boobie struggled with the crutches to get off the held. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He passed her the crutch and, reaching down, tried to help her to her feet. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z We walked up the beach, with Dad on one crutch. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He threw back his bedclothes and said, “Hand me my crutches, will you?” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Then what he does, he throws down the crutch and he gets down on his hands and knees and crawls back to his house. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z He found the crutch and levered himself upright. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The rebels kept coming in, row after filthy row, most with their heads down, some limping with a crutch or an arm in a sling. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z A crutch misplaced and he could be thrown down upon the frozen wooden planking, or into the ice-encrusted snow. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z We have crutches, but I’m not sure how to use them in this situation.... The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z The editor struggled to get his crutches under his arms. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z He planted his crutch tips in a deliberate show. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Then Carmetta uses Coach West as a crutch and hobbles over to the sidelines. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “I thought by now you’d have thrown that crutch in the incinerator.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z On top of all that Carl broke his leg in ’36 and spent his time hobbling up and down the rows, chasing after posts or buckets he couldn’t carry on account of his homemade crutches. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Half the guys were on crutches or in some kind of bandages. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z His hands were so numb with cold he could hardly hold the crutches to steady them as he walked. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The silent laughter he had been suppressing burst out of him, and he laughed so hard that he dropped his crutch. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z "So what? The woman was lonely and wanted some attention, so she did something about it. And quite creatively, too. Those painted crutches are a touch of genius." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z And he tapped the crutch with his free hand. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z When he found on this first morning back at Devon that it happened still to be crippled and in a cast, he said in his usual self-contained way, “Hand me my crutches, will you?” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Horace had said that the foot must be elevated and went for a set of crutches. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “In the meantime, I can use crutches or hop.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Off came the last ragged garment, down went the crutches, and with a “Whoosh!” he was into the water with the others and away with the current. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z With crutches he would be able to go about as Geoffrey did. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z I was still on my crutches then, but it didn’t matter. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Mr. Bates asked, coming up to the porch, taking his time as he climbed with his crutch. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Adam objected, “and art cumbered with crutches as well. And how wilt thou cross the river? The bridge is well guarded at both ends.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z So maybe he wasn't really all that fierce in day care, except I'm pretty sure he did hit a kid with his crutch once, whacked the little brat pretty good. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z At Devon crutches had almost as many athletic associations as shoulder pads. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I throw down my crutch, clasp my hands, and I walk! Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z And so I am left to my wits, which in fact are prodigiously keen and surpassingly wise: I enter a town, with my crutch and my cry: “Food for the famished! Alms for the poor!” Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z The nurse whisks the curtain open and pushes a wheelchair and a set of crutches into the room with us. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She had limped out onstage with her crutches while the curtains were closed and planted herself securely by the piano. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Trying to jump up and hit this branch with his little crutch, and he's mad, hopping mad. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z When he was waist high, the crutches skidded out on the mud-slimed stones, so he speared them over to the far bank and dived in. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He was on one crutch, sifting through the mail on the kitchen table. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I just made a picture of a girl rolling down the stairs tangled up in her crutches. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Everything has been hard for me—getting out of bed, learning to use crutches, going down the stairs, walking again. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Eighteen months later she swept down from a wagon with two crutches, a new black pocketbook, and one leg. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He pulled the crutches over and braced them under his arms, feeling the familiar comfort their sturdy strength brought. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z And there he is, hardly any bigger now than he was in day care, and he's standing there waving his crutch up at the tree. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z She realized that she’d left her makeshift crutch on the other side of the chasm. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I held Nan’s crutches as Abby’s mom tried to help her in, but Nan grunted, gritted her teeth, and got into the van on her own. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “You are strong,” said Gran, passing the half-whittled crutch to Ivy. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z On one side of it stood a wheelchair with a pair of wooden crutches lying across the arm rests. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z He aligned the crutch pieces, laid the bat over them, then began winding the tape. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z "Maybe," Turtle had to admit, "but I am what I am. I don't need a crutch to get attention." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She searched the wreckage of the stairs until she found part of the railing—a narrow board about four feet long that could serve as a crutch. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I reach for my crutches and pull myself up. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Mack was wearing an old army overcoat, and Duke noticed that he didn’t have his crutches with him. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he grabbed his other crutch and turned for the hill. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Afterward when I could get around on crutches we went to dinner at Biffi’s or the Gran Italia and sat at the tables outside on the floor of the galleria. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “Now ’twill be thine own crutches thou wilt wear made by thine own hands.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z On my new crutches, I tottered down the hall. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z I stay near furniture and walls to steady myself, and although I feel like I’m lumbering and loud, it’s easier than using crutches. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Mom’s anxious because I want to take the crutches, not the wheelchair. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Then, as Mercy stepped forward, one shoulder dipped and jerked back grotesquely, and Kit realized that she leaned on crutches. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes landed on the gloomy hearth, where the odd crutch her gran had been carving when she had taken ill still stood half-whittled. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z He grabbed the crutches, knocking the teacup over. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hand me the crutches,” I growl at my mother. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Robin had to keep to the outside wall to allow room for the crutches to spread far enough to bear his weight. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Khaled was back at the camp with a heavily bandaged leg and a crutch. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z When he was on his crutches he moved real graceful and smooth. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z She was on crutches, but otherwise she was okay. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z "She used the word crutch as a symbol. She meant, you know, that people are so afraid of revealing their true selves, they have to hide behind some sort of prop." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Pain stabbed up my leg with each step, and I tried to use the wall as a crutch to keep some weight off it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They move aside as I crutch past them, and in a flurry of whispers they escape up the stairs to Kaylee’s room. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I tie on my left shoe and gather my crutches, and on the way out I run into Chloe in the hallway. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z She was making him a pair of crutches. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I clench my crutches and start in the direction of the track. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z They send a nurse to teach me how to walk with crutches, but when she sees I don’t want to get out of bed, she gives up on me fast. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z A few last chuckles escaped him as he took the crutch from Tree-ear and leaned on it to sit on the ground. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z And I did damage some of the other tendons and ligaments around my knee, so I will need to wear a brace and use crutches again, at least for a little while. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Pollard was soon off his crutches and took to leaning on a cane. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She walked with crutches, and her foot was bandaged. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Freak hasn't got his crutch tonight, just the leg brace, and he's laughing so hard he falls down. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z “You can go when you can hike over rough terrain on those crutches for eight hours a day. Two weeks, I’d guess. Six slices.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She cut four strips of rubber from the tire, then wrapped them around the crutch tops and grips and secured them with twine in silence. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Nothing was said of crutches or of misshapen legs, or of ill fortune or of good. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z "I'll try not to be too long. And if any of the fair folk sing their silly songs at you, for heaven's sake, don't throw your crutch at them. They'll only steal it." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “Go try those crutches outside while there’s still some light,” she said without looking up. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z This “automobile accident” is a new crutch to help you make excuses for your meaningless, impotent existence. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d been without that leg for so long that it looked like the crutches were apart of his body. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z They went very slowly, for Robin’s crutches tapped an alarm when he made haste, and the least misstep would have sent him clattering down. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z No, Angela thought, hurrying her sister out of the door and back to their apartment, Turtle's crutch is her braid. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay, you’re done with that. Time to transition to just one crutch.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z I wait until the next race is over, then crutch across the track and make my way toward the high-jump area. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Several weeks went by before Robin finished the crutches. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z My dad was sticking out of the open fridge, balancing on one crutch. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z His hands stayed clenched—one on the crutch grip, one on the toy soldier. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I stood trembling in front of Phineas, still holding his crutches in place, unable to turn and face Brinker and this joke he had gotten into his head, this catastrophic joke. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I was on crutches, but the leg was feeling stronger. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He walked with crutches that the missionaries had given him. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z So I give up on the crutches and I do as he says, letting him be my spotter as I swing down to earth. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Sydelle's crutch was painted in black and white squares to match her black and white checkered dress. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, you’re about as funny as a crutch, young man,” Mrs. Glass said. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z The other bridesmaid wore pink and yellow with matching crutches. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad hobbled into the kitchen on one crutch. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z With a swing and a swoop she arrived at Plum’s door and pushed it open with the tip of one crutch. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z A boy, not much older than Robin, came hobbling toward them on crutches. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Did she know that he walked with the help of crutches? The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Isabelle called to them from the window and met them downstairs on her crutches. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z She’d ordered him into the barn to rest and taken his crutches hostage. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I steady myself at the top, then saddle the crutches again and move on. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Amara lifts me into the air, with my crutches and everything, and gives me a hug. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “You won’t be in bed all the time. You must first have the wounds exposed to the sun. Then afterward you can be on crutches.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The os in his calculations were only intermediaries, crutches that vanished miraculously by the end of the computation. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I got out of the car and helped Dad out, holding his crutches as he pushed himself off the seat. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “That’s the thing. I don’t want to wear glasses. Then I’ll be a girl who not only needs crutches but also wears glasses. Everyone will feel sorry for me!” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z They came limping on crutches, or leading spent horses which could carry them no longer, or, as one did who had lost a hand in battle, carrying the one hand in the other. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I raise one of my crutches and wave to him; he knows I have crutches, just not that I’m a girl. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z But Crane-man hobbled to his side and used his crutch for support as he eased himself down to sit next to Tree-ear. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z More important, I’m worried I’ll go back to using her as a crutch now that I’m not talking to Jamie, and I don’t want our friendship to be about her holding me up. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Her hands are occupied with steadying a rough crutch made from a broken branch. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z With us at each elbow, she walked carefully into the hall, where a large man in a nursing uniform started with alarm and quickly produced a pair of crutches. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I think about getting a crutch, but I’d have to hop clear back to the family room for that, so I grab the handrail with both hands instead. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z It took an hour to climb the stepped rise that way: crutches and pack first and dragging himself after. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He dropped to the cushion, supporting himself with one crutch. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z "And that funny woman with the painted crutches, what's her name?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z And I am given crutches to hobble around on. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Crane-man bent over and picked up his crutch, then bowed in farewell to her. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I can actually pinch a crutch with my armpit and carry something while I move. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Hoisting herself up on her crutches, she was amazed to find that she could still manage diem, although the pain in her armpits was severe. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Eva swung over to the bed and propped her crutches at its foot. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He had been on crutches for about a year, and sometimes he cried because he wasn’t able to play football. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The way he points that crutch is only part of it. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Crane-man stood and leaned on his crutch to stretch out his good leg. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He saw a score of those—men on crude crutches, men with empty sleeves and missing hands, men with one eye or half a face, a legless man carried between two friends. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He took his time, making sure each crutch was placed properly before continuing. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z And when little Freak showed up one day with these shiny braces strapped to his crooked legs, metal tubes right up to his hips, why those were even more cool than crutches. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Some walked on prosthetic legs, others needed canes or crutches. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “But I’m used to two crutches! It’s not fair!” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z It’s true that I’m moving around on my crutches much better than I used to. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z He and Herold helped Booth struggle into the craft, laying the weapons and crutches on the hull of the boat. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Walked with a crutch even before she broke her ankle in the second bombing. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z I nod and work myself and my crutches out of the passenger seat. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Over and over, he planted his crutches and swung through, closing that distance. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z There the flawed became whole, the blind sighted, and the lame and halt threw away their crutches. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “The one you were talking to. The guy on the crutches.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I took the sight of this all right, I had seen him on crutches the year before when he broke his ankle playing football. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Like I was about as useless as a rubber crutch. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I hop over to greet Amara, proud of how nimbly I amble about on my crutches. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Under the glow of the stadium lights, Ivory Christian helped Boobie adjust to a pair of crutches that was too small for him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He braced himself on one crutch and leaned back and side-armed the other, heavy with its white ash bat, as hard as he could, aiming in between the two coyotes. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It takes a little doing, but I stand, supported by the crutches. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Then he raised the dripping crutch and pointed it at Tree-ear. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “This is a gay figure, Pip,” said she, making her crutch stick play round me, as if she, the fairy godmother who had changed me, were bestowing the finishing gift. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I move on, then pass the crutches off to my mother, grab the support bar, and begin to lower myself onto the toilet. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Dad sat down on the ledge, leaned his crutch against the rail, and sighed. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Before I finished elementary school, that cane would become a crutch and soon after that two crutches. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Sure enough, after handing Tree-ear the bowls to wash, Crane-man sat down with his knife and a sturdy straight branch and began to whittle a new crutch. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The sound of her foot booming in comparison to the delicate pat of the crutch tip. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Jack stores the new crutches in the trunk of our car. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “You’ll get too used to the crutch and it will be harder to wean you off of it. Let me see...Here, I have an idea.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Inside the cottage, Gran sat upon a stool by the little fire, whittling something that looked like a crutch. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I hop forward with my left foot and catch up to the crutches. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z The stick in his hand became a crutch on which he reeled. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Once there, I offered myself as a crutch to Bear, which he accepted, though I sensed that he was regaining something of his old strength. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z He finished folding the cloth and picked up his crutches to take me back to the post office. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Take your weight on your palms. Lift yourself; don’t hang. Plant the crutches, then swing through.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Not at all,” he replied ambiguously, reaching for a pair of crutches which leaned against the desk. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The wood floors creaked as I moved to the study, where I found Dad, leaning on his crutches, looking at the photos on the wall. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The businessman was in worse shape: he had no shoes; one foot was covered in blood; he couldn’t put pressure on his ankle and held onto the cop’s shoulder like a crutch. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Or the wheelchair or the crutches or the shrinker socks or the...or the anything? The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z A patient with one foot and one crutch was hopping back and forth swiftly in panic crying. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Then Amara comes back the next time and says, “Give me that crutch. You need to start walking on your own.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z He stopped only long enough to fasten the crutches onto his back with the leathern thong and to wind his hood into a kind of hat that perched on top of his head. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Next thing he picks up his crutch and he climbs in the wagon and he stands up and he's whacking at the tree again. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z He tugged on the chain and, reluctantly, the star began to get to her feet, leaning first against Tristran, and then, as if proximity to him disgusted her, on the crutch. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “I just hope I feel up to using my crutches tomorrow. Don’t wanna take my wheelchair through those things.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Just in case, I hop along faster, extending my crutches as far in front as I can to take longer steps. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z The secretary kept to the side of the room, avoiding the Oriental rug that might cushion the thump of her purple-striped crutch, as she made her way to the end of the table. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z By then Luke was sitting up, and a week later, when the first cold spell hit, he could stand for a minute or two on crutches. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Robin followed the verger down the corridor to the parlor, the thud of his crutches alternating with the sound of his soft shoes on the stone floor. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Later in life, his enthusiastic enjoyment of weekend skiing and hiking often would be evidenced by his limping into the lab on crutches come Monday. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Amara just took away my crutches so I’m sort of walking. The thing is I’m afraid to walk on my own. But I can walk if I lean against the wall.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z I go up the entrance steps, take a seat on the bottom bench, lay my crutches down, and unload my backpack. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z As I hop along on my crutches, Danielle adjusts her speed so we can walk side by side. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z How will I balance on one foot and crutches? Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z The Bracegirdler down Leather Lane willingly gave Robin enough leather to cover the crosspieces of the crutches and hair to stuff it. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z And after several exchanges Rosa’s told me that she has been in a wheelchair her whole life, that she can walk but only with arm crutches, and that she was born with cerebral palsy. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z When he was finished, he tested the crutch with his full weight. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z For years now, driving past Rubsamen Medical Supply, my grandfather had noticed the unchanging window display of hernia truss, neck brace, and crutches. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Crane-man shaved another curl of wood, then held the crutch up to his eye, squinting to check that its lines were true. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z In mid-November, after five months in bed, Pollard emerged from Winthrop Hospital, stabbing at the ground with his crutches and swinging his legs along. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The crutch lady had her writing-book back, but all those pretty things she was going to sell, they wanted them back, too. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She emerged on crutches, looking like a veteran. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z James Letherer, a one-legged amputee from Saginaw, Michigan, would walk the entire distance with the aid of crutches and the helping hands of fellow marchers. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it was those crutches kept me from lashing out at him, man those crutches were cool. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z She unwrapped the long package and leaned four wooden crutches against the wall. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad walked over on one crutch and took a seat across from the couch. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He was determined to heal and get back to riding, so he tossed away his crutches and tried to walk. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He wrapped the sorceress’s controls and then climbed down from the hay bales and picked up his crutches. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “We’ll give you crutches and send a nurse to your house who will teach you how to use them.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Then the strange little dude jerks himself around and he catches sight of me and he lifts a crutch and points it up at my heart and he goes, "Identify yourself, earthling." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Jorge is home now and moves around on crutches but he won’t be able to go back to work for a while. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He was so jammed between his crutches that his shoulders hid his ears. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was angry about not getting any fish,” he said as he returned to his whittling, “so I struck my crutch against a rock. It broke, of course.” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z We joined the line, filing past the beggars who shook their tin cups or waved their crude crutches and canes at us. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z These indignant thoughts afflicted her until she was almost at her own ward when she remembered the men with crutches downstairs, waiting to be brought up in the lift. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z All of a sudden, the crutch was gone.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Nine hours of gripping the crutch handles had stiffened his hands to claws. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The crutches fell to the stone floor with a great clatter. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Robin slid off the stool, fitted the crutches under his arms, and was off across the Garth all in one motion. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z And then he grabbed his crutches and pegged out to the porch so fast that François scrambled from his nest and shot out into the night. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Some could move about, but only by wearing clumsy leg-irons or crutches. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The way she saw it, glasses were like crutches. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z And while they are paying for drops of that water, I gather my bandages, pick up my crutch. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Robin felt as though the Hall were as long as London Bridge, for when he entered all was quiet, and his crutches seemed to make a great sound on the stone floor. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z “Wrap those handgrips. You’re still hanging off the crutches. Take the weight on your palms, child. Spread it to your arms, even when you’re just standing there.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Suppose Long John Silver had suddenly appeared in your living room, striking out with his wooden crutch?” she whispered. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He had a crutch to repair and not much light left. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z What sort of welcome would he have, limping as he was on crutches? The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z It would be most helpful to have a pair of Canadian crutches—forearm crutches, not underarm ones—to help stabilize his walk, but this means someone has to make another trip from the clinic. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Then Amil hobbled slowly out of one of the hospital rooms on crutches. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Now he knew without asking that Crane-man had hobbled down to the beach and lurched about on the sand, so treacherous to his crutch, only to come away empty- handed. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z No other armorer in the city could get that deep a green; he knew the secret of putting color in the steel itself, paint and enamel were the crutches of a journeyman. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He helped Robin to get down from Jenny’s back and adjusted the crutches under his arms. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Eva stepped back from the bed and let the crutches rest under her arms. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Crane-man reached out with his crutch and poked the dying embers of the fire. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Me and my crutches walked back into my room and took out my journal. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z We smile and say our goodbyes, and as I hobble out to the car on my crutches, I’m filled with a very strange feeling. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z That way he doesn't have to wear his leg brace or carry his crutches, and besides, I like how it feels to have a really smart brain on my shoulders, helping me think. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z I was very healthy and my legs healed quickly so that it was not very long after I was first on crutches before I was through with them and walking with a cane. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Carefully Robin tested each clod of earth, each bit of stone, before trusting his weight to the crutches, praying the while that the fog would hold. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Usually with strangers it wasn’t, so he was surprised when his hands relaxed their grip on the crutches a little and his throat eased open. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I looked around for a stick or something he could use as a crutch. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad leaned a little deeper into his crutch. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z It was like trying to walk without crutches, like those phony scenes in old TV movies. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Then my arm cast came off and I could use my crutches. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Lady Constance warmly embraced Robin, crutches and all. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Without waiting for an answer he grasped Robin’s crutches and swept him up into his arms, because he could see that Robin had come as far as he was able. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z He circled on the crutches to look around. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Can I help you with your bag? Or crutch?” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “For look you, I have been trying the crutches already and can go at a good pace. See you?” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z He hoisted his heavy body on his crutch and hobbled over to begin the work. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z How could he ride horseback in chain mail while his legs were bent and he had to use crutches? The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z I hop around everywhere, or use the crutches. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I went home: Ari, the boy who could walk again without the help of crutches. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Slowly, she manipulated herself down the long flights of stairs, two crutches under her left arm, the right hand grasping the banister. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z That didn’t bode well, but Annabeth used her crutch to push away the boards as best she could. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Some used crutches, and I counted at least five soldiers in wheelchairs. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z By the time I got near the end, I could hear the clicks of Dad’s crutches, as he began his long journey to the back of the church. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z She measured the crutches against him, then sawed an inch off the bottom of each. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “I can carry thee right well, as the good friar did. The harp and the crutches we shall strap on so they will not cumber us.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z He rebalanced himself on the crutches and stared at the log cabin. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It reminds me of the soreness and bruised armpits I used to get from using my crutches. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry about these old doodads,” he said, pointing to the wheelchair and crutches. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “He’ll be here any minute, that’s what I kept thinking. Long John Silver will be here, lashing out at us with his crutch.’ Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Under the pew, I tapped his metal crutches with the tip of my blue canvas shoe. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z In his mind he saw Crane-man making his slow, painful way back from the beach, with only a broken crutch to help him. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z But Sebastian Gomez had seen a lot of girls like Alba and recognized the mixture of curiosity and compassion aroused by the sight of the crutches that supported his poor lifeless legs. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She used the wall for support and tapped the floor in front of her with her crutch to make sure there were no traps. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “You can walk across the room on crutches, go up and down four steps, transfer from standing to sitting, and fall safely?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z So when Kyro and some parent helpers start setting up hurdles, I take the opportunity to crutch across the track to the bleachers. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z He returned, his eyes half closed even as he spoke, leaning on a carved crutch that curved under his arm like a smooth cradle. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Holding on to the crutches, I lower myself down, feeling everyone’s eyes on me. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z He motioned for Brother Luke to go down first, showing by gestures how he would hand down the bags, Robin’s crutches, and lastly Robin. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Was it possible he forgot about my ankle, even though I was sitting there with my leg propped up on a chair and a crutch by my side? Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z But next morning I reach for my crutch and don’t let go of it all day. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z He dropped the crutches and sank to the chair at the kitchen table. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z "You heard that doorman say 'purple waves'; it must mean something. And that ghastly secretary was wearing a dress with purple waves last night, not to mention her crutch." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad leaned on his crutches and studied the photo. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z But Sydelle Pulaski was there, thumping her crutch against the baseboards as she limped through the carpeted halls on the arm of her pretty partner. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z But even as he spoke Robin was considering the crutches, and thinking how convenient they would be for himself. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Reg moved up to the table and placed a single crutch on top of it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I’d even started being able to walk on crutches a couple times a week this summer. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z "Just put your weight on me, and the rest on the crutch," he said. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z I’m about to start crying when I see her reaching for the crutches. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z I limped up to them, using the wall as a crutch. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They left the glade at a hobble, the star leaning heavily on her crutch and on Tristran's arm, wincing at every step. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z When the squeaking from his crutch came closer, I knew that he’d been talking about me. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He used his now-empty right hand to clutch the table, and put the other crutch on the table. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Without his crutches he was awkward and slow again, but he managed to hop outside to where Vola kept a brush pile. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He turned to look at Ross Milton, who stood beside him, balanced painfully upon his crutches. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z After our big brawl, though, Mrs. Schein refused to let Kim come over to my house, convinced that her daughter would return on crutches. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z My hands hurt from gripping the crutches so tightly. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “How did you even get here with crutches?” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z What I do, I keep out of range of that crutch and just reach up and pick the paper thing right out of the tree. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z He asked for a razor so that he could shave, and asked Dr. Mudd if he would make a pair of crutches for Booth. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll be right back,” she says, and as soon as she disappears into the next room, I feel like someone has yanked my social crutch out from under my arm. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Sir,” he addressed his father, “mind you not that I must go thus, bent over, and with these crutches to help me walk?” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z At the door of the hospital the porter came out to help with the crutches. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Crane-man grunted as he stood, then leaned on the new crutch to test it. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I kept having flashes of me in a wheelchair or on crutches. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He landed, still gripping the top of the crutch. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z All I'm really sure of is he never hit me with that crutch. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z He’s very fast for someone on crutches, and I’m convinced he’s not participating in a Spartan Race because he wouldn’t want to hurt the fragile male egos of his opponents. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z He fastened the crutches to his side and the harp around Robin’s neck, so it hung down his back. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Luckily, I’ve had it for a while and the crutches are next to my bed. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z At our first appointment, I entered her office on crutches, with bruises all over my heart. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Like when Lily broke her foot skiing a few years ago and had to be on crutches afterward. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Cordelia turns to the back pages of the catalogue, where the pictures are in gray and black and there are crutches and trusses and prosthetic devices. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Even the twisting stairs held no terror for him, because he had learned to place the crutches carefully and swiftly where they would hold and balance him. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z A second later she sets me down on the floor, so all my weight is on my left leg, and she positions the crutches under my arms. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z I start my descent, crutches, then foot, crutches, then foot, crutches, then foot. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Annoyed at her physical condition, she closed her eyes and removed the crutches from under her arms to relieve the unaccustomed pressure. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Robin turned and with one hand thrust the crutches between the big fellow’s feet, throwing him to the ground and bringing the other ruffian down on top of him. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z She was still on crutches because of her ankle, so her girlfriend Ryan carried her backpack. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Ross Milton, standing between his crutches in the doorway, waved to him. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a fat woman with a fat kid, and a Japanese guy with two cameras, and a girl with crutches whose cast was signed by lots of people. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Angela, too frightened to notice that Sydelle ran through the apartment with her crutch in the air, found her partner in the bathroom frantically tossing soiled towels from the hamper. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The building was designed such that anyone who used a wheelchair, scooter, or even crutches or a cane was physically excluded. How to have more productive conversations about racism: Stop focusing on individual intent 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z My worry is that she isn’t seeing the long view and that each new guy is an emotional crutch, helping her defer a future. Carolyn Hax: Adult daughter’s amours in Europe worry Dad 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z I drove to the emergency room and came out with a cast and crutches. Motherlode Blog: How the ‘Trophy for Just Showing Up’ Is Earned 2014-03-02T13:57:47Z Dickens describes the child’s condition with pity: “Alas for Tiny Tim, he bore a little crutch, and had his limbs supported by an iron frame!” Rethinking Tiny Tim: Should a Disabled Actor Play the Role? 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Hitchcock, though, is apparently a much smaller man without Alma, who is at once his adviser, crutch and cinematic savior. Movie Review: ‘Hitchcock,’ With Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren 2012-11-22T22:23:25Z Mark’s reluctance to speak sometimes plays like a screenwriting crutch — a way to avoid writing dialogue that reflects complex motivations. Review: ‘Sworn Virgin’ Concerns a Fading Custom in Albania 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z He depicted a group of about a dozen men and women, one of them on crutches, walking together, their destination unknown; people marching; men on the street talking; two men playing chess in a barbershop. Harvey Dinnerstein, Proudly Realistic Painter, Is Dead at 94 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Gradually I was able to get around using a walker, then crutches, then a cane. Experience: I fell down a canyon 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z He uses crutches to get around with a painfully injured leg. Good acting can’t save ‘Now Comes the Night’ at 1st Stage 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z It’s maddening when another tongue is used as a crutch, a substitute for personality that winds up exoticizing the language it sets out to exalt, or “normalize.” Review: Star-Crossed Lovers in Need of a Divine Assist 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z Anyone who knows me would tell you that I will be there, even if I’m on crutches and harboring a tapeworm. A Few Questions for Our 52 Places Traveler 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z The production, by the R.S.C., starred Antony Sher, who played the malevolent king as an arachnoid monster, scuttling around the stage on a pair of crutches. Encounters with Shakespeare 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z Focus groups and audience surveys are increasingly part of theater already, to the distress of some producers like Mr. Azenberg, who see them as crutches that lead to lowest-common-denominator shows. Dialing Up a Hit? Influence Over Musical Is in the Crowd’s Hands 2013-06-26T03:48:51Z A crutch which we use to hobble through our days. America’s Donald Trump complex: We’re addicted to consumption — and it’s destroying us 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z And if you thought the time of action movies using slow-motion as a crutch was over, “Black Adam” has bad news for you. ‘Black Adam’ Review: Heroism, but Paint It Black 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z The cane was soon replaced by plastic crutches and then by use of a wheelchair. The Party Girl, Till the End 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z In the outside room, dozens of abandoned crutches testify to its healing power. Beyond Santa Fe, a Different World 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z Over decades my paralysis advanced, and I shifted from crutch to wheelchair. My lesson in gun control 2012-12-18T01:00:00Z Voiceovers can often be seen as a crutch in films, but here, Richard's narration enhances the story — especially when he has flights of fancy about how things played out. "I believe him": Jesse Garcia on playing the man who invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos – or did he? 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z For filmmakers, Shakespeare can be both a challenge and a crutch. ‘Tragedy of Macbeth’ Review: The Thane, Insane, Slays Mainly in Dunsinane 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z On crutches, one of his legs in a brace, he again enrolled at DePaul, majoring in political science with the intention of getting a law degree. Rick Uchwat, founder of Zanies, dies 2011-05-12T14:33:00Z One man wounded at the Bataclan appeared at Tuesday’s concert in crutches. Eagles of Death Metal Perform For Bataclan Survivors 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z She did eventually return to rehearsals, though on crutches and clearly not able to carry on. ‘Cats’: What to Know Before You See It 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z A secret about memoir writing no one wants to admit: the genre has a built-in crutch. Salon’s guide to writing a memoir 2013-01-20T23:00:00Z "When I came again to myself the monster had pulled himself together, his crutch under his arm, his hat upon his head," Jim tells us. Robert Louis Stevenson on writing: lose the 'twaddling detail' 2013-03-20T07:00:11Z Malcolm recognized something tragic in this, but she also found it interesting — a word she occasionally used, but not in the way that too many writers use it, as filler or a crutch. Janet Malcolm, a Writer Who Emphasized the Messiness of Life With Slyness and Precision 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z They make selective use of that indie crutch, the plaintive solo piano, and refuse to push the viewer toward snap judgments of characters. Review: Still Alice: Julianne Moore Reveals Alzheimer's From the Inside 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z This is one reason Plato was so suspicious of them, that they became substitutes or crutches to a diminished faculty of recollection. A Microsoft billionaire gives the public a rare view of his art 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Nurse Ratched, Can you bring ... my ... crutch You see, Mayor B., I’m in traction here in Roosevelt, Though honestly I’ve never felt More pampered, fed and bathed. ‘Bloomberg: The Musical’: He’s Not Calling the Tunes 2013-01-29T23:43:22Z My ex, Grace’s dad, is holding crutches for his broken ankle like some overgrown Tiny Tim. Motherlode Blog: The Birth Parents Move In 2013-12-26T15:55:31Z They did get permission to bring in a crutch for Musa Ngqungwana, the South African bass-baritone playing Porgy, whose disability is key to the plot. Opera in Attica: Bringing Arias to a Maximum-Security Prison 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z But it has also made for four centuries of mostly regular-bodied actors simulating the appearance of disability with the help of prostheses, crutches, leg braces and plenty of ham. Review: In a Teenage Take on ‘Richard III,’ Now Is the Prom of Our Discontent 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z He spent eight months in a support boot and on crutches. Starting to run during your 40s and 50s has its advantages. Ask these first-time marathoners. 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Some comics come to resent this effect; others accept it as a crutch and their craftsmanship declines. Dave Chappelle and Louis C.K. Confront a Changing World 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Estimates are mostly a few hundred dollars each for portraits of sick and dying patients, dental mold sets, crutches and doctors’ Victorian saddlebags with tiny compartments for protecting glass vials. Antiques: Robert Megna?s Medical Device Collection Goes to Auction 2011-08-25T22:28:50Z It was an impossible challenge as I was in crutches and leg braces from polio. Readers react: Why Tarzan is the real-life hero that young boys need 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z Lewis is moving about the stage on crutches after a parkour accident. Raising the curtain on the new am-dram 2012-12-15T21:00:00Z Leaning her crutch against the wall, she reclined on a large white chair, dangling her exposed legs off one end and thrusting out her chest, as if posing for a 1950s pin-up shot. Suzanne Somers Gets Flirty in a Pink Salt Room 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z In the newest spot, Felicia’s terrified waitress, now bruised and hobbling on crutches, is led into a lineup at a police station. The most racist commercial of all time? 2013-05-01T16:10:00Z “Sgt. Pepper” is a simulacrum of a performance, the concert crowds replaced by recorded cheering, but the new record would remove this narrative crutch. The Accidental Perfection of the Beatles’ White Album 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z They are an eight-piece, featuring four elderly men in wheelchairs, a singer on crutches, and three former "sheges", abandoned kids who were raised by the older members. Staff Benda Bilili at Glastonbury 2010 2010-06-27T19:51:00Z I also enjoyed Karen Olivo’s explanation for why she was attending tonight’s show on crutches: “This is what happens when you don’t take a note from Arthur Laurents.” Live-Blogging the Tony Awards 2010-06-13T23:58:00Z Getting a Muppet film right takes enormous precision of tone: it needs to be sentimental without being cloying, irreverent without being mean-spirited, aware of pop culture without relying on it as a crutch. Will Muppets 2 leave us feeling green? 2013-01-24T17:08:30Z After an early interrupted shave, he is subsequently drenched, sliced up and beaten with a crutch. I’ve never seen … Chinatown 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z "It was easy for it to become a crutch." Squirmy toddler? There's an app for that 2011-10-31T15:45:05Z Mr. Battle’s loopy speeches, peppered with giggles and his crutch line, “Stay with me,” are strangely compelling. Dance Review: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, at City Center 2013-12-05T23:34:14Z Mr. Curry, now strapped into an orthopedic boot, will be using crutches for the foreseeable future. Injured ‘Spider-Man’ Dancer Discusses His Lawsuit 2014-02-26T22:41:23Z He took the stairs while the woman, who walks with a crutch after a car accident, took the lift. Oxford professor of Islamic studies charged with raping two women 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z Chase, on crutches, answers his door to find House, who tries to interest him in the case of a 45-year-old truck driver with unexplained recurrent seizures. House Watch: Ending the Chase 2012-02-14T14:45:51Z When making The Exorcist in 1972, an accident left her on crutches for the rest of the production. Ellen Burstyn: 'Women on screen were prostitutes or victims – I wanted to embody a hero' 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z O'Connor used crutches to get around, attended church, raised peacocks and built a strong reputation as a writer. Flannery O'Connor to appear on new U.S. postage stamp 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z The fact that Emmott was obliged, by an accident, to hobble round a mock-up of his Cambridge office on crutches added a sense of urgency. The best theatre event of 2012 2012-12-05T19:00:10Z You meet your date, who is on crutches still recovering from a broken leg or foot or something you can’t remember now, and eat happy-hour oysters. I Quit Dating Apps. Five Times. 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z I think all drugs are crutches – you don't need them to be creative. How we made: Kenneth Anger on Lucifer Rising 2013-07-22T17:55:00Z Her son, Guy, whom she had at age 17, remains with us, enduring years on crutches after numerous surgeries for spinal injuries he suffered in an auto accident. Maya Angelou honors mom, grandmother in new book 2013-05-02T17:43:09Z Meanwhile, serious-minded movies that exemplify a more accessible and aspirational worldview are unfairly dismissed and pigeonholed — never mind that such films are much harder to execute without the crutches of sensationalism and vulgarity. Perspective | Audiences love family films. Hollywood might be catching on. 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Living with pain … Flannery O'Connor pictured on crutches in the 1950s when she was disabled by lupus. Reading group: strange bodies in Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood 2012-12-19T11:36:00Z As soon as I got on crutches last June, I went back to my job as a restaurant area manager. Experience: I fell 650ft off a mountain 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z Walking the Naval Academy’s tidy brick paths, the group came upon a midshipman with a cast, slowly navigating his way across campus on crutches. ‘I’m not alone’: Burn camp brings together children living with scars 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z After a point, the crutch becomes a cudgel. Why do writers drink? 2013-07-20T07:00:14Z Different crutches, braces and girdles — even a prosthetic leg — are on display. Escaping Mexico City’s Hustle Within City Limits 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z "The show is in the process of losing all its dead skin and crutches," Lepage says. Director Robert Lepage: risking it all 2012-10-08T17:31:23Z She decided that missing an arm wasn’t a crutch, but a beautiful way to help other people with disabilities embrace their beauty and embrace their aspirations. Meet The Bionic Model Who Walked In New York Fashion Week 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z As if to emphasize their abilities, the five-piece Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger don't use pre-recorded tracks onstage, an increasingly common crutch for touring bands. Sean Lennon, Charlotte Kemp Muhl share 'an invisible problem' 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z As people look at his art, they take their glasses off, and leave them behind, as some people do with crutches, splints and bandages after visiting a healing shrine. Perspective | Wayne Thiebaud’s artistic eye was so much keener than pop art confections 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z Pierret avoids the crutches familiar to many American movies: Guns don’t figure much besides the shot that gets Lino in trouble, and there aren’t big explosions, either. ‘Lost Bullet’ Review: Fast Cars and Quick Fists 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z Most, like Joe Hicks, costumed with crutches and bubble wrap marked 'Fragile', were just aiming to complete the course, even more treacherous this year thanks to heavy rain. Mud, toil, chills and sweat as English farm hosts last 'Tough Guy' race 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z The motif of the flashback began to lose its power as a summoner of memory, becoming more like a technical crutch. The Disappointing, Emmy-Baiting Finale of “Big Little Lies” Season 2 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z He moves with difficulty, and only with the help of a rickety wooden crutch. Shipbreaking: World’s most dangerous job? 2013-03-21T16:37:00Z Pops was the architect of a really great thing, and I decided to use that, not as a crutch, but as a template.” Music: A Little Nudge, and a Soul Singer Is Back to Her Roots 2010-09-19T04:35:00Z I followed him to the dance floor, where he handed his crutches to a waiter. Recognizing What They Had, 20 Years Too Late 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z That worry dates back to the invention of one of the very first memory crutches: writing. Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer ? review 2011-04-10T01:30:01Z What about that mysterious crone with a crutch whose eyes are “as piercing as thorns”? Review | From the author of ‘Morning Has Broken,’ magical tales perfect for Valentine’s Day 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z "This sculpture has many heroes; and I am not one of them," says Gormley in his London studio, where he is hobbling around on crutches, his left foot in plaster. Antony Gormley drops 60-tonne load for monumental sculpture 2010-08-27T17:05:00Z The film’s use of character and celebrity familiarity as crutches produces a constant state of disappointment. Anything Can Happen on New Year's Eve?Except That Not Much Does 2011-12-08T15:49:58Z But if normalcy is the norm, how can a young girl stricken with polio and tottering on a pair of crutches ever fit in? Aliens Among Us 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Am I merely an emotional/boredom crutch for her while she's on her assignment, or is there something she wants to rekindle? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Best friend, meet my new boyfriend. Also, he’s married. 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z Then again, by the end of the season premiere, it becomes plainer that his friend already has a crutch that he's unwilling to let go of. As "Endeavour" enters its final run we bit a sober farewell to the detective who isn't yet bitter 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z Are sit-down interviews essential or a crutch? — is open to debate. 3 Film Series to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z After healing for a few months in his cabin, he returned to work as a third mate, hobbling on crutches and leaning on oars. In Maritime Logbooks, a Trove of ‘Extraordinary’ Imagery 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Living with pain … Flannery O'Connor pictured on crutches in the 1950s when she was disabled by lupus. Reading group: strange bodies in Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood 2012-12-19T11:36:00Z For Stranska, translating the piece often required her to choose whether to use her crutches to perform choreography meant for the legs or for the arms. A Trisha Brown Masterpiece, ‘Reset’ on an Inclusive Troupe 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Rather than call off the show, she mounted the stage on crutches. Joanna Simon, Opera Singer from Famously Musical Family, Dies at 85 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z At worst, the nontraditional elements scan as crutches or distractions. Yrsa Daley-Ward Breaks Out of the “Instapoetry” Pack with Her Memoir “The Terrible” 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z Sure, it’s sick humor when the men use Grahame’s crutches in the top-hat-and-canes number. Oh, “The Fix” these dirty politicians are in 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z It’s also true that chipping away at the fantasy of a rigidly hierarchical aesthetic pecking order — a typological crutch for structure junkies — will open up the literary landscape to more writers and readers. Rachel Kushner’s ambitious new novel scares male critics 2013-06-05T23:00:00Z Dad was, despite their quarrels, her crutch, and vice versa. Helping my mother grieve 2012-10-15T00:00:00Z It seemed a crutch at first, but why should titles be used only for translations of vocal texts? Music Review | New York Philharmonic: ?Once Upon a Time,? as Told by 2 Composers 2010-02-26T21:54:00Z In it, he wrote unflinchingly of having contracted polio at 11, the painstaking odyssey of relearning to walk with crutches and leg braces and, most notably, his enduring anger. Leonard Kriegel, 89, Dies; Wrote Unflinchingly About His Disability 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z “I was so weak. I had a walker, a cane and crutches, but now I’m walking around.” Olivia Newton-John: ‘I don't wish cancer on anyone else. But for me, it has been a gift’ 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z This man scours thrift stores and basements for wheelchairs and crutches. Little Free Pantries are like Little Free Libraries — but with food 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z He was struggling on the crutches and dropped a textbook. 36 Years Later, He’s Out of the Friend Zone 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z In some stage adaptations, Tiny Tim is healed by Scrooge’s generosity — he no longer limps or uses a crutch — a resolution that advocates for the disabled say is unrealistic and problematic. Rethinking Tiny Tim: Should a Disabled Actor Play the Role? 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z No refugees are named, they are only briefly alluded to, and the disastrous events of the last two years are used as a mere narrative crutch. How cinema failed diversity in 2016 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z The production company has featured models with disabilities, in wheelchairs, on crutches and amputees. India acid attack survivor redefines beauty at NY Fashion Week 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z But it doesn't always use them as a crutch either. Robert Downey Jr. drops superhero mask, has new mission in 'The Judge' 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z On crutches, he moved faster and more forcefully than anyone else onstage, and you were never not aware of the exhausting energy required. No Matter the Role, Antony Sher Made Soaring Seem Possible 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z In recent years, he’s taken to using music as a crutch. Should you watch Cameron Crowe’s TV show ‘Roadies’? Let’s talk it out. 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Ms. Betts considers whether style was a “crutch to help her with uncertain footing” as the future first lady moved from Chicago’s South Side to begin undergraduate studies at Princeton. Special Report: Fashion: Political Style of a Different Kind 2011-02-11T12:37:02Z Cutler, who left Sunday's game in the third quarter due to a knee injury, was not on crutches at Mastro's, but "he limped a tiny bit," according to a source. Weekend sightings: William H. Macy, Aziz Ansari, more 2011-01-31T17:20:16Z She and her three teenage children had just moved, her husband was in Europe and Ms. Billinge was surrounded by unpacked boxes and hobbling on crutches. The Home Designers Who Actually Move In 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z I left the hospital around 7am, with a crutch, made a quick appearance at the bodybuilding competition, then managed to drive home, still in a lot of pain. Experience: a ladybird nearly killed me 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Any hopes of hiking to the nearest town are stymied by Mitchell’s inability to walk without crutches because of an unexplained injury. Movie Review: In ‘Scenic Route,’ Josh Duhamel and Dan Fogler Are Stranded 2013-08-22T21:22:45Z Here they find Bob’s wife, two older children and the angelic Tiny Tim, with his crutch and iron frame. The 10 best Christmas lunches 2012-12-22T16:00:00Z He’s reaching for the nearest crutches: detaching emotionally and laying it on you. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Husband with a new daughter struggles to ‘relate to a girl’ 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z But quickly we get a dose of what he’ll be like without the crutch of his old persona. Stephen Colbert's bearded Late Show promo – a sign of schticks to come? 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z When they were younger, they endured multiple surgeries and learned to get around on one leg by using crutches. She was conjoined to her twin for the first 7 months of life. Now an adult, she just had her own baby. 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, this was an excellent group of wines, and a reminder that the Barolo of the South does not need to rely on a crutch from the north. Aglianico in Its Own Right 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Courtroom personnel and deputies in charge of Jones in the lockup said he did not appear to be limping or request any walking aides such as crutches or a wheelchair. Prosecutors: Teen begged for her life 2011-08-22T19:30:00Z ACCESSIBILITY: Chloe walks with forearm crutches and was able to access nearly everything in both London and Orlando. Whether in Orlando or London, Harry Potter tourist attractions cast a magical spell 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z He underwent a grueling rehabilitation that entailed confinement in an iron lung, muscle transplants and relearning to walk, painfully, with crutches. Stephen Dwoskin, Experimental Filmmaker, Dies at 73 2012-07-22T02:44:24Z I was also relieved to find that Jack, a delicate ballet dancer, had also hurt his foot that week only he had thought to adorn his crutches with sequins and glitter. On boys and balls: How I learned to stop hating sports 2014-05-12T23:00:00Z “I love Pirelli,” he said, with a crutch in one hand and a beer in the other. Scene City: A Big Party for the 2012 Pirelli Calendar 2011-12-07T22:27:25Z “The body recognises that resources are low, and you need something that acts as a crutch.” The alarming truth about how sugar ruins your sleep 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z Most oppressive of all is that favorite crutch of scripts about pudgy, balding men: Attractive women are eager to jump into bed with them. Review: In ‘Death of the Liberal Class,’ a Writer Tones Down His Anger 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Afterwards, some even throw their shredded notes into the air, just as people cured of lameness might throw away their crutches. Crunch - review 2011-08-18T11:49:17Z The movie tidied and glossed over the deeply tragic undercurrent of Capote's story: an aimless bachelorette who uses sugar daddies as her income and a crutch to avoid the pain of her past. 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' aims for Broadway in 2013 2012-10-10T16:19:08Z Indeed, this season of “True Detective” seems to use violence as a crutch, as a way to cover holes in the storytelling. “True Detective’s” biggest problem is its obsession with extreme violence 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Some are clearly managing without their usual aids, be it a cane, crutch or wheelchair. Last Chance: Martin Creed’s Solo Shows at Gavin Brown and Hauser & Wirth 2013-12-17T22:13:14Z After the war she married a returned soldier who had stepped on a landmine and lost part of his foot but turned up at a dance anyway on two crutches. Exhibition sheds light on wartime shadow factories 2013-07-15T12:59:51Z Last fall, she completed the New York City Marathon — on crutches. Adventurous. Alone. Attacked. 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Had to get one of the boot things to wear around for a while and I was on crutches.” Luke Bryan’s not the only star to take a tumble 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Nostalgia is a cheap crutch and a lame weapon. A Tribe Called Quest Returns to a Changed World With Joy and Grief 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Now that he doesn’t have this crutch, these issues have surfaced. Perspective | Ask Amy: Formerly chubby hubby seems too unhappy 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z In his out-and-out comedy days, Hill made his name with an improvisational approach that often relied on swearing as a crutch. WTAF! How is Jonah Hill swearier than Samuel L Jackson? 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z Emotions run predictably hot in the prison — there are beatings and a horrible death — but Meise doesn’t amp the violence or use it as a crutch. ‘Great Freedom’ Review: Unbroken 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z But that feeling — the sound of experimental jazz in the 1990s — wasn’t a crutch; it was a choice. 2010-01-15T04:14:00Z Because Brick's on crutches the whole time, and you're pretty good at getting around the stage. | Benjamin Walker 2013-01-29T21:30:45Z Allen showed up with this big cast on his right leg, on crutches. Allen Ginsberg, Howl and the voice of the Beats 2011-02-23T20:30:00Z Gaga seemed eager as ever to hold court, posing for pics with BTS, rocking out to the Brothers Osborne, and even holding SZA’s train to help her get onstage without tripping over her crutches. Best and Worst Moments From the 2022 Grammys 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z For my mystery affliction, there were no crutches, no wheelchair, no daily buffet of giant Technicolor capsules, no weekly injections. In Matters of the Heart, We’re in This Together 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z She walked on crutches because of the lupus that had plagued her for almost half her life—she would die two years later, at the age of thirty-nine. Flannery O’Connor’s Manhattan Memorial 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z In both cases, the tacit assumption was that the complaint of racism should never be used as a crutch for the poor, but can certainly be used as shield for the powerful. What Shielded Bill Cosby? 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z He ignores the typical crutches of the aging poet, the dying-of-the-light songs that solemnly ponder mortality. Concert review: Leonard Cohen at Akoo Theatre 2012-11-24T07:58:00Z She wanted to become more intentional about her relationship to drinking, she said, instead of seeing alcohol as a habit or a crutch. ‘Sober Curious’? How to Embrace Mindful Drinking 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z It does provide a crutch, definitely," he admits, "as opposed to going and making a movie in London, where part of me would be feeling lost and unsure of myself. Ben Affleck: 'It's in the hands of the movie gods' 2010-09-23T21:00:00Z Tires are punctured with crutches constructed from school desks, and works made from human hair line the walls. Kemang Wa Lehulere Constructs a History From South Africa’s Shadows 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z In an informal preface to the audience, Smith, who relied on a crutch to move around because of an injured tendon in her leg, talked about the origins of the piece. 'Never Givin' Up' recites MLK's 'Letter' to call for justice 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Marshall’s Porgy — drawn in a muscular social realist, almost comic-book-superhero style — stands braced for action, wielding his crutch like a weapon and carrying Bess, on his shoulders. The Complex History and Uneasy Present of ‘Porgy and Bess’ 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z The team’s coach, Khaled Al-Mabhouh, said the squad was still lacking sturdier crutches to replace regular ones that tend to break when a player puts weight on them during a match. Amputee soccer team a game changer for Gaza wounded 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z The giraffes had lots of stage slippage — their front crutches would slide forward as if a giraffe were on ice, and they just sort of sunk down. How ‘The Lion King’ Got to Broadway and Ruled for 25 Years (So Far) 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z Only now, they understand that this mutual comprehension isn't empowering — it's a crutch at best, and more accurately, an insurmountable block. HBO's brutal comedy "Hacks" returns with raw, bloody candor, rising to even greater heights 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z You also hear a little bit of stride piano, a style he doesn’t use often enough to make it a parlor trick or a crutch. 2010-01-21T05:41:00Z But is there something slightly saddening about the fact Winkleman was thought to require quite so many crutches? Film 2010: First night review 2010-10-14T12:40:00Z He added that, to watch Mr. Lewin, who is 66, “make his way on his crutches with a large smile on his face to the stage — that made me so happy.” John Hawkes Brings Years of Film Work to ‘The Sessions’ 2012-10-12T12:00:00Z I think it's a problem only if used as a crutch. Hit-maker Jason Derulo talks about his style and soul 2010-10-07T19:39:00Z Can we, in conversations about disease, stop relying on the atrocious “If it saves a life” crutch? “I wish I had breast cancer”: The latest terrible cancer campaign 2014-02-05T20:35:00Z One wonders if Mr. Jeselnik has ever also considered it a sign of weakness, a crutch that his audience has come to expect. Political Correctness Isn’t Ruining Comedy. It’s Helping. 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Breaking the fourth wall can be a crutch, but in “Fleabag” the device shows as much as it tells. Review: As She Was Saying, Brilliantly, in a New ‘Fleabag’ 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z “Health” is really a great crutch that people use to discriminate against different sizes of people. Brittany Gibbons: “Once I learned to like my body, I cared more about what I put into it” 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z I had doctor’s appointments almost every day and was sick from all the tablets, but, through sheer determination, I got myself on to crutches. Experience: a car crashed into me in the bath 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z Apparently, Leto went so far as to force himself to use the crutches to limp to the bathroom between takes. Jared Leto's "Morbius" disabled method acting 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z That’s especially true for this group, two dozen neurological, brain and spinal injury patients using wheelchairs, walkers and crutches. This gym caters to the injured and disabled — and it’s totally free 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z Act II is blighted by a crippled beggar who turns out not to be a cripple, yet reappears later with crutches after Tybalt has died. 4 Buzzy ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Debuts, 1 Fainthearted Production 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Imperfect main characters using their differences as crutches are hardly a new trope. What popular culture like "Will Trent" gets wrong about dyslexia, and why it matters 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z In “White Magic,” Washuta plumbs what it meant for her to face life under colonization and ease into loving without the crutch of addiction. Here’s what Seattle-based journalist, novelist and Hugo House writer-in-residence Kristen Millares Young is reading this month 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Something similar happened when the timpanist Benjamin Herman joined him on stage in a P. D. Q. show in 1983 with crutches and a full-length cast on a broken leg. Peter Schickele Brings P.D.Q Bach Back to the Stage 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z “Tears, blood, stigmata, these are crutches,” Ms. Marshall said. Up Close: Andrea Mary Marshall, Photographer and Shape-Shifter Pursuing the Unsavory 2013-01-02T21:18:56Z He whirls about athletically on his crutches like some hideous parasitic insect. Rigoletto - review 2010-10-12T21:45:00Z Director David Mackenzie doesn’t lean on an impersonally huge scale as a crutch. Hell and High Water: why film-makers should keep it slow and simple 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z The back story of these moments is uplift and then some: the core band members are middle-aged and disabled by polio, performing from wheelchairs and on crutches. | 'Benda Bilili!': ?Benda Bilili!? Chronicles an Unusual Band - Review 2011-09-30T00:21:21Z This is how “Atlanta” unfolds—characters speak to each other without the limiting crutch of helping the audience with context or exposition. As real as a dream 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Suddenly single again, I wanted to prove to myself that I didn’t need the crutch of a relationship for strength – that I could find it on my own. My fear of flying 2012-12-16T17:00:00Z He spent much of his life on crutches, and later used a wheelchair. Stephen Dwoskin 2012-07-12T15:55:13Z But the first photo the viewer sees is a big blowup of a handsome, clean-shaven, 19-year-old standing on crutches. Review: Hemingway, Man of Few Words and Many Mementos, at the Morgan 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z She couldn’t afford to take time off to heal properly — “I had to perform on crutches because the bills have got to get paid” — and doesn’t have health insurance. Is This the Golden Age of Drag? Yes. And No. 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Ahead of their return to London this weekend, Patuelli and three other dancers speak about dancing through deafness and cancer – and the maverick potential of crutches. ILL-Abilities: the b-boy supercrew taking on the able-bodied 2013-05-02T16:32:51Z In the downtime, she had ankle surgery, but when she saw the protests after the murder of George Floyd, she felt she had to join them, even on crutches. A Ballerina Who Adds to the ‘Palette of What’s Possible’ 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Thirty minutes before curtain, a cool and collected Walker answered T's questions about crutches, lap dances and his almighty mother-in-law, Meryl Streep. | Benjamin Walker 2013-01-29T21:30:45Z It seems that for a great many filmmakers computer-assisted special effects have become a crutch. Summer Movies: Some Have a Blast 2011-07-17T01:13:02Z We all lean on our friends for support, but if you’re persistently serving as her crutch, beware. 7 Signs You're in a Toxic Friendship 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z "The Knights Templar were warriors," Teabing reminded, the sound of his aluminum crutches echoing in this reverberant space. I think Dan Brown turned my parents into QAnoners 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z Alcohol, Valium -- all these things were crutches for me so that I didn't have to feel anything when I went onstage. Eminem, clean and sober, draws on new inspiration 2010-06-25T23:23:00Z Another knocks the crutch away, an act of casual destruction. Petit Mal 2010-06-07T22:00:00Z Alternatively loud and lyrical, using a dulcimer strung with barbed wire and crutches played like a cello as well as a string quartet, "Lament" portrays the horror of the 1914-18 war without patriotism or nostalgia. German industrial band raises ghosts of World War One in 'Lament' 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Or celebrate the founding of our nationalized healthcare system by having a few hundred people ceremoniously dance around in crutches and arm-slings to a Rush song. 2010-02-12T14:01:00Z I promise, this is not snooze-worthy documentary film narration, or irritatingly convenient exposition that the writers use as a crutch. Why we need narrators: “Jane the Virgin” has the best voice-over on TV 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, of which Prozac is the best known, are the defining drug of the modern age, the crutch of choice for the worried well. Does Prozac help artists be creative? 2013-05-19T06:00:00Z Different days you may play the role of child, parent, sibling or emotional crutch — some days all at once. Questioning Gender Amid a Chaotic East Village Childhood 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z He called those good looks a crutch and then corrected himself: “a weird albatross,” he said. In ‘Uncoupled,’ Neil Patrick Harris Plays the Game 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Too often he resorts to the crutch of apologizing in advance for prose riddled with “alphabet soup,” or for “bombarding you with a bunch of names for biomolecules,” before launching into a tangle of jargon. Beyond Nature vs. Nurture, What Makes Us Ourselves? 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Printing, painting and drawing in gray and black on white quilts, the Maryland artist depicts the elderly, often with canes and crutches. In the galleries: Strangely familiar objects for the eyes and ears 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z But just in case, there’s a cast and crutches among the 302 pieces in this set. Top new toys invite girls to build, boys to nurture and everyone to code 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z Ms. Gavios was hospitalized for months, first in Thailand and then New York, and had to learn to walk again using crutches and custom leg braces. Adventurous. Alone. Attacked. 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z It also serves as a reminder of how few contemporary filmmakers engage questions of life and death, God and soul, and risk such questioning without the crutch of an obvious story. Critic?s Notebook: Malick?s Film Adds a Dose of Sincerity to the Festivities 2011-05-16T22:01:03Z Armed with a backpack and crutches, it’s a ballet that begins inside the 400-square-foot apartment: on goes the prosthetic leg, then the gloves and a mask. What It’s Like Self-Isolating in a Studio Apartment 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z I had to have numerous surgeries to repair the injury and spent a good bit of time on crutches. 'Your ego has to be left at the door': the secret life of the understudy 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z It's probably more accurate to say that Swift served as the show's crutch. Billboard Music Awards are ho-hum, but Taylor Swift was impressed 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z At one point she addresses her use of horror as an emotional crutch, saying, “Horror’s not a symptom, it’s a love affair.” Read It and Scream 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z Ms. Cunningham is disabled, and her dexterity with crutches provides the show’s main physical appeal. On Artists and Audiences at American Realness 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z And if you did, if you touched the dew on her hem, you could throw your crutches away. Leonard Cohen's Montreal 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z “I took Matt to lunch and he came in on crutches,” he recalled, “and I said, ‘What happened to you?’ Peter Capaldi Goes From ‘Doctor Who’ Fan to Its Star 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Fixating on “twists” and “reveals”–an excessive obsession and crutch of TV and movies today–treats stories like Rubik’s Cubes: solve them, and you’re done. Dead Tree Alert: Don’t Fear the Spoiler 2012-07-19T14:50:06Z Then he donned the metal arm extenders, like hand crutches, galloped on all fours across the room, torqued his body and stumbled. Summer Movies: For ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,’ Learning Simian Movement 2014-05-01T17:15:35Z “I think to deny people in that condition their crutch would be a crime.” 'Hands off our Irn Bru': Scots vent fury at sugar cut in popular drink 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z The next few shows required her to perform with crutches, but she recently played full-fledged sets at Bonnaroo and Governors Ball, both without crutches. Florence + The Machine to Headline Glastonbury After Foo Fighters Cancel Set 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z It’s Em who has to ferry beverages, drive to the set and fetch Doll’s crutches. Television Review: ‘Doll & Em,’ as in Dolly Wells and Emily Mortimer, on HBO 2014-03-18T21:28:44Z But the movie tidied and glossed over the deeply tragic undercurrent of Capote's story: an aimless bachelorette who uses sugar daddies as her income and a crutch to avoid the pain of her past. Why Bway's 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' has no tiaras 2013-03-19T16:16:05Z Dylan was the perfect crutch for anyone less articulate — or scathing, or baffling — than he. Books of The Times: ‘The Dylanologists,’ David Kinney’s Look at an Obsession 2014-05-04T21:57:27Z Modern orchards, with their reliance on dwarf trees, varietal selections, clonal rootstocks and chemically supported monocultures, are weak and practically require industrial crutches. The Best Wine Books Are Not Always About Wine 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z For the two-time Emmy winner, making fun of a person’s looks isn’t exactly off the table, but it shouldn’t become a crutch for writers of political comedy. Late-night shows still make fun of politicians’ looks. Are these jokes justified — or even funny? 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z But the basketball shorts and sneakers they wear are a conceptual crutch. Art: Abdi Farah?s Bravo TV Prize Is a Brooklyn Museum Show 2010-08-18T22:18:00Z Hospitals were full, and paralysis would leave many survivors in wheelchairs, on crutches or bedridden for life. The lifesaver 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z But, like all of her storied images, there’s a twist: She’s balancing herself on crutches. Cindy Sherman reveals her latest body of work — and it's personal 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z To him, metaphor, description, interpretation are all crutches — and what good are crutches when there is no floor? How Does a Writer Put a Drug Trip Into Words? 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z He ruptured his Achilles tendon and is currently on crutches. 'Jeopardy!' burglary suspect pleads not guilty 2011-08-01T20:35:08Z He also was on crutches and failed to get in. Man arrested in burglary attempt of Kid Rock home 2013-08-03T22:01:43Z Its November, 2005 live episode at first seemed poised to overcome the crutch factor. Can a live "30 Rock" succeed? 2010-10-14T16:40:00Z At first, this practice may sound like a crutch. Our Gchats, ourselves: How the G-transcript became the closest chronicle of modern life 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z Dali's images include several of his themes, including the crutch, Don Quixote, jewels, forms sprouting chicken legs and the eye motif. In pictures: Salvador Dali fruit watercolours 2013-06-18T11:26:54Z The crush developed in the school hallway: Mr. Pantaleo was on crutches after breaking his leg playing running back during a varsity football game. 36 Years Later, He’s Out of the Friend Zone 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z A helmet and a pentagon carved from wood, as well as a crutch, feature in these brawny pieces, which also incorporate chains, sand bags and metal cables. In the galleries: Experimenting with a classical sensibility 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Drug sequences are used like crutches, spaces where any image is allowed and imbued with meaning, only to be peppered by sharp slapstick. ArtsBeat: Talking ‘Mad Men’: What About Bob? 2013-06-03T12:47:01Z The former football hero is still a depressive alcoholic whose drunken escapades earn him a cast, crutches and the growing contempt of his wife, Maggie. Review: ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ Knows Its Good Angles 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z Those against belts claim the devices interrupt the learning process by providing a false crutch and detract from how acts look in performance. My trapeze-flying adventure: Better than an orgasm 2013-03-16T20:00:00Z A young man picks up some wood and uses it as a crutch, his legs dragging uselessly behind him. Petit Mal 2010-06-07T22:00:00Z His own choreographic style involves an impressively inventive use of crutches. 10 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z He was on crutches later Wednesday while serving as host of the National Geographic World Championship at Google headquarters in Mountain View. What is painful? Jeopardy! host hurt chasing burglar 2011-07-27T23:28:31Z He looks as good standing still as moving, which is undeniably an asset but can be a crutch too. BalletNow gets Dorothy Chandler audience on its feet 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z It's times like this when one realizes how indolent filmmakers are getting in using CGI more as a crutch than an enhancement to action movies. Cruise crashes in nonsensical "Knight and Day" 2010-06-20T19:34:00Z It also helps that a McCartney concert looks back without using nostalgia as a crutch. My dad’s first Paul McCartney show: Why his concerts are the perfect intergenerational family outing 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z It turns out that there’s something thrilling about being invested in a sports game, even if you’re just standing on the sidelines propping yourself up on a pair of bland crutches. On boys and balls: How I learned to stop hating sports 2014-05-12T23:00:00Z Three weeks of hopping on one foot to the bathroom, sliding up and down the stairs on my bum and tucking as many items into my bra before picking up my crutches. Motherlode: A Parent on the Couch 2011-03-09T19:59:01Z Instead of stomping during his rendition of the Beatles’ “Come Together,” he forcefully pounded the crutch into the floor. Musicians shine, but messaging falls flat at Earth Day rally on Mall 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z But this English singer’s first concert in 35 years didn’t use special effects as a crutch — she was up to the task, with old hits and idiosyncratic suites. From The Times, the Best Bands and Acts Heard All Year 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z Award-winning performer and choreographer Claire Cunningham will also star in Menage a Trois, a piece of dance theatre exploring her 20-year relationship with her crutches. Disabled artists launch festival 2012-07-10T15:30:41Z He won the part, with a requirement from the director: He’d have to do a lot of the driving himself, without the crutch of CGI wizardry. Aaron Paul Grabs the Wheel in ‘Need for Speed’ 2014-03-05T17:00:19Z As the night went on, more people arrived, even a man on crutches. At Europe’s Illegal Parties, the Virus Is the Last Thing on Anyone’s Mind 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z A crutch is just that, and when all religeous belief is halted, that crutch will disappear, and humankind will take a step forward. 2009-12-11T19:09:00Z “You guys know the lyrics better than I do,” he said with a smile, and left the stage to cheers, leaning on a crutch. Os Tincoãs Were Almost Forgotten. A New Generation Found Their Music. 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z “I was on crutches for about three months, and down to my last $20. I had to sell most of my stuff to pay back-rent” — for the time he spent hospitalized. T Magazine: Diamond in the Rough 2014-04-11T13:03:38Z Late in life, after 40 years of walking with crutches had wrought as much havoc on his shoulders as he cared to weather, Mr. Kriegel chose to use a wheelchair permanently. Leonard Kriegel, 89, Dies; Wrote Unflinchingly About His Disability 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z And then there are more questionable artifacts, like the fragment of the crutch Booth used during his 12 days on the run, which Mr. Alford bought from a family near Port Royal, Va. For a Biography of John Wilkes Booth, Terry Alford Turns to Amateur Researchers 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z The long prose passages of “Springsteen on Broadway” — he relies on some strategically placed screens with the words of the script, an unfortunate, limiting crutch — are deeply emotional. Review | No doubt about it. Bruce Springsteen belongs on Broadway. 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z The main problem with that approach is that it risks becoming a creative crutch and allows him to avoid exploring things that are truly personal and not just gratefully admired. 2010-01-23T11:51:00Z I went to work on crutches, lying to my co-workers about my clumsy slip down the stairs. I didn’t just fall down the stairs 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Amidships, a 70-foot crane was lashed to a steel boom crutch. Off the Tourist Grid in the Bahamas 2013-01-30T22:27:14Z When he descends from his tree, he picks up fallen branches as crutches, and so becomes larch-limbed. Robert Macfarlane: rereading Geoffrey Household's Rogue Male 2013-03-15T12:03:22Z In recent years, she has typically used a walker, crutches or a wheelchair during public appearances. Daley cancels travel plans to be near ailing wife 2011-11-23T21:56:00Z Now, it’s unlikely that I’ll ever be able just to potter around the shops without the aid of a wheelchair or crutches. Experience: I was hit by a car doing 101mph 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Just when the show builds up some believability, it grasps for a not-very-credible crutch. Television Review: ‘Mistresses,’ on ABC 2013-06-02T19:03:15Z Using crutches or a wheelchair, he also periodically headed backstage during instrumentals for costume changes that barely mattered: studded leather jackets and assorted hats, T-shirts, bandannas and sunglasses. Review: Guns N’ Roses, Partly Reunited, in Its First Arena Performance 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z Ms. Aronsson said blogs can be valuable but cautions against using them as a crutch. The Empty-Nest Book Hatchery 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z It’s mandatory, it’s a crutch, it’s a reward, it’s kind of pathetic. John Cuneo’s “Santa’s Little Helpers” 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z It is a scribe’s crutch, a gimmick that tries to pass off laziness as a with-it modernity. Press stop: why Hollywood needs to quit relying on the vlogger 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z Anvils drop from the sky to crush devious coyotes or tomcats who emerge alive, if bandaged and on crutches, in the next frame, ready to build better mousetraps. "BoJack Horseman": Life's hilarity and pain, illustrated 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z “Spring” features Knausgaard unbound, writing for the first time without a gimmick or the crutch of extravagant experimentation, the endurance test of “My Struggle” or the staccato essays of his previous books on the seasons. With ‘Spring,’ Karl Ove Knausgaard’s Latest Project Comes Into Focus 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z Meister, who had planned to ride her horse, was on crutches after breaking his pelvis in a race the week before. Maryland’s Hunt Cup, the country’s most challenging horse race, bets on its future 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Texting can be a crutch for TV shows, a way to use pop-up bubbles to give characters phone-enabled telepathy. The Best TV Episodes of 2021 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z If the muscles atop it are sometimes too lean, well, that’s both Mr. Mars’s calling card and his crutch. Critic’s Notebook: Bruno Mars’s New Album, ‘Unorthodox Jukebox’ 2012-12-11T19:11:57Z Why didn’t he tell us, since he loved the idea of medicines, ointments, thermometers, bandages, tourniquets, crutches, curative-kisses and ambulances, to the point that I almost never give him anything? His adoption secret 2012-07-03T00:00:00Z Last year, this reporter witnessed a woman on crutches at a fashion show, the injured foot in an orthopedic boot, the other in a stiletto. Hitting a fashion show? Crazy heels required 2012-02-14T19:55:25Z At the close of the Chicago production, Tim no longer needs a crutch, but continues to limp, and is able to join in some but not all of the activities with other children. Rethinking Tiny Tim: Should a Disabled Actor Play the Role? 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Hospitalised in Cairo he demonstrated a singular determination that marked out his later life, mastering crutches within nine days and drawing caricatures for fellow patients. John D Wilson obituary 2013-07-01T16:37:50Z Smino, the Missouri rapper who didn’t let crutches restrict his performance, was exposed to Ferguson’s racial tension at a young age. Review | In a time of political uncertainty, Broccoli City Festival is needed more than ever 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z He just broke his ankle, and every once in a while he tries to smash somebody with a crutch. What if a 1955 shocker is a 2017 shrug? How Antaeus keeps the heat in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z “I think to deny people in that condition their crutch would be a crime.” 'Hands off our Irn Bru': Scots vent fury at sugar cut in popular drink 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Even the stop-and-start verbalizations and vocal fry — overused crutches on public radio — sound good on her. Dwight Garner Reviews the 'Serial' Season Finale 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z "If you say people that have polio are weak and shouldn't be given crutches or medicine, it's not a very kind way to regard a problem," Brand replies. Russell Brand: methadone is a bad way to treat heroin addicts 2012-08-11T23:06:16Z Celebrities are no longer a boon; they are a crutch. Why the red carpet is bad for fashion 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Bottom were students at King’s College, London, who barged me out of the way, off my crutches and nearly on to the floor as I hobbled towards a friend’s lecture. How Comrade Ilizarov saved my leg 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z "Hopping about on crutches," as he put it, he was back on duty towards the end of the war at an officer cadet training unit. Sir Denis Forman obituary 2013-02-25T13:46:32Z Eventually, I was able to attend my graduation, crossing the stage on crutches; it didn’t matter, because I was just happy to be alive. I was dragged under a bus by my hair 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z The numbers I need are stored in my phone, while similar technological crutches exist for almost every imaginable form of data. Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer ? review 2011-04-10T01:30:01Z |
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