Patti Davis

Commerce is abusive. It's very hobbling to always be saying, 'Please let me put this out, this thing I've worked on for years.' It's like a nasty parent saying, 'No! Now go to your room.' As publishing companies got bigger, you felt even less significant.

American Celebrity

Ivanka Trump

The reality is I have a closet full of shoes that I don't wear because they are not comfortable, and I am not going to be hobbling between meetings. There's nothing that ruins an entrance like somebody who's uncomfortable in their shoes.

American Businesswoman

Bob Mortimer

After I had my heart operation I got really into heart stuff. I did think it would be lovely to go on 'Strictly' just so people could see I wasn't finished. But, sadly, now I couldn't because of my joints. I'd be hobbling around.

English Comedian

Tommy Lee

There was no way we were going to let this band hobble around on three legs. We chose the route that every professional actor, athlete and musician should do - leave the legend intact and bow out at the top.

Musician

John Ritter

If I found a cure for a huge disease, while I was hobbling up onstage to accept the Nobel Prize they'd be playing the theme song from 'Three's Company'.

American Actor

James Fenton

The Mormon mission to Africa, as to other dark-skinned parts of the world, was for a long time hobbled by the racism of the movement's scripture.

British Poet

Rick Renzi

The home ownership process for Native Americans has been hobbled by bureaucratic delays and regulations.

American Politician

Jessica Brown Findlay

There's a reason hobble skirts are called hobble skirts. You literally can't move very far in them.

English Actress

Casey Stengel

You can't go out to the mound hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.

American Baseball Player

Maia Mitchell

I don't want to be that girl hobbling around in heels, falling in snow.

Australian Actress

Use 'hobble' to describe someone moving with difficulty due to injury or pain.

Physical Impairment

'Hobble' often implies a temporary condition, not a permanent way of walking.

Temporary State

It can also metaphorically suggest moving slowly or with difficulty in non-physical contexts.

Metaphoric Use

'Hobble' is often used in economic or political contexts to describe the limitation of growth.

Economic Context

It suggests a barrier that slows progress, possibly just for a short period.

Temporary Barrier

Relates to the physical constraint of animals to prevent them from running off.

Animal Restriction

'Hobble' as a noun is more common in rural, agricultural settings.

Rural Usage

A hobble is a device used for control, not harm, to keep animals safe.

Control Device

 still lasts to this day that she remembers me hobbling into her room saying you know tell me what I can do not what I can't do I think and get back to kayaking can you you know help me do that and she's like well you're not there yet but anyway a year and a half

Alison Wright: Portraits...

 As I was going there, I was wondering, what would I say depending on what happened here. I got good news that day, and I stand here today cancer-free, walking without aid and hobbling forward.

Hobble

Physical Impairment

Temporary State

Metaphoric Use

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