“The pet plunged into the paralyzingly cold water, thrashing for a few moments, before dozily resting its front paws on the lip of the ice.”

“One evening, gorgeous blocks of pork belly, sticky with caramel, languished untouched after a first bite proved paralyzingly sweet.”

“This is the world of Chekhov, after all, where emotions are paralyzingly ambivalent.”

“But our mixed-up legal strategy is to insist, paralytically, on a kind of hyper-sovereignty of the nation-state.”

“It is both in the public and private interest that justice should be brisk, not paralytically lethargic.”

“With a threat like that hanging over their heads, it was no wonder that everyone was paralytically drunk by 8 o'clock.”