stunted

How To Use stunted In A Sentence

• My hair was matted and wild -- my limbs soiled with salt ooze; while at sea, I had thrown off those of my garments that encumbered me, and the rain drenched the thin summer-clothing I had retained -- my feet were bare, and the stunted reeds and broken shells made them bleed -- the while, I hurried to and fro, now looking earnestly on some distant rock which, islanded in the sands, bore for a moment a deceptive appearance -- now with flashing eyes reproaching the murderous ocean for its unutterable cruelty. III.9
• His fleshless snout made stunted attempts at movement while he spoke, though his speech was clear and articulated.
• In addition, there are the Lesser Ones, much smaller spheres that serve the Great Ones; the Dark Ones, enemies of the Great Ones; and the pigmies, stunted humanoids in the care of the Lesser Ones. "Once in a Blue Moon" by Harl Vincent, part 5
• Stunted, twisted growth and oddly distorted flowers are the symptoms of aster yellows, a disease which often shows up in midsummer.
• His playing is more austere than on Big Deep, rattling off scrapes and stunted scrabbles with occasional distended, detuned bass action.
• They grow flowers, but the male anthers are stunted or withered: Seed but no pollen is produced.
• The heteromorphous sterculia of the interior, and some species of eucalyptus of very stunted growth covered its sides, which however for a considerable distance were not deficient in grass. Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales
• Damage may result in stunted growth and sometimes death of the plant.
• Damage may result in stunted growth and sometimes death of the plant.
• That's when the word stagflation was invented to describe a truly ugly combination of rising inflation and stunted growth... Sheldon Filger: Former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker Urgently Warns Against "Planned" Inflation