Recent Examples on the WebHis visitors encountered a palsied, toothless, half-blind figure, unable to rise from his favorite armchair to greet them. Richard Norton Smith, WSJ, 12 Apr. 2019 In some countries, key public service industries are nationalized; in others, they are strictly regulated in a way that goes well beyond our palsied agencies. John B. Judis, New Republic, 24 Aug. 2017