Capable
Capable adjective - Having the required skills for an acceptable level of performance.
Nearby Words: capability, capably
Paralyzed
Paralyzed adjective - Unable to act or achieve one's purpose.
Usage example: a seemingly paralyzed mayor sat by as the city's crime rate soared
Both words in one sentence
- He is capable of staying paralyzed in the heat of a battle as he tries making sense out of whatever has got him perplexed.
Source: Straw Vulcan -
Terror, she was paralyzed in fear, her worn out brain darkened in utter fear; fear of herself, of what she was capable of.
Source: Anger Born of Worry -
In WWII, Field Marshal Petaín had repeated the mistakes of his predecessors by focusing France's entire defense on the Maginot Line, then becoming a collaborator when that failed, leaving France's large and capable field army paralyzed in front of the advancing Germans.
Source: Literature / Destroyermen
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