Sentences with phrase «debilitating stroke»
A "debilitating stroke" refers to a severe and disabling medical condition that occurs when the blood flow to the brain is disrupted, causing significant damage and impairing normal bodily functions. Full definition
After 12 years of paying, the husband applied to end his support obligations entirely, partly because his income had dropped by more than half after a catastrophic and debilitating stroke in 2011.
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Bruised by her first marriage — to Derek, Ryan's father — Lottie has an affair with Jack, a romantic fling made possible because Jack's wife has suffered several debilitating strokes.
Who knows when an earthquake will hit Pakistan, the Israeli prime minister will suffer a debilitating stroke, or a recording of the Hungarian prime minister confessing to lies will be leaked to the media?
«He had a debilitating stroke in 1951,» Lemert said.
My grandfather — a man with honor whom I admired greatly — had suffered a debilitating stroke not more than six years after my grandmother had passed away.
At the start of his final year of high school, however, his father suffered a debilitating stroke so Ikeda dropped out to help run his family's restaurant.
In Illinois, Kirk spent more than $ 300,000 on a minute - long bio ad in May, touting his recovery from a debilitating stroke in 2012.
His story of an elderly man, Georges (Jean - Louis Trintignant), caring for his beloved wife, Anne (Emmanuelle Riva), after a debilitating stroke is unnerving in its own way — heartfelt and tender, but with an undercurrent of foreboding.
Small business owner Dave Kovic (Kline) fits the bill, but after the president suffers a debilitating stroke, opportunist Alexander arranges for Dave to step in full time without even informing the First Lady (Sigourney Weaver).
A retired security guard (Robert De Niro), deeply conservative and set in his ways, falls victim to a debilitating stroke.
Their relationship faces its greatest challenge when Anne suffers a debilitating stroke.
Then Anna has a second, more debilitating stroke.
The film won the Palme D'Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival and stars two legends of French cinema — Emmanuelle Riva (Anne) and Jean - Louis Trintignant (George)-- who shared the screen together before in Krzysztof Kieslowski's Three Colours trilogy — as a retired couple living together who must come to terms with the realities of Anne's debilitating stroke.
When elderly Iowan Albert Straight learns that his estranged brother Lyle has suffered a debilitating stroke, Albert refuses to let his inability to renew his driver's license (he's got bad eyesight, and his legs ain't doing so well, either) stop him from paying Lyle a visit.
The film was inspired by Breillat's own experiences after she suffered a debilitating stroke and fell prey to a notorious con man.
Wenders was signed on as insurance for the completion of Michelangelo Antonioni's Beyond the Clouds (1995), who had suffered a debilitating stroke 11 years previously.
It follows Vanetia (Peake) as she attempts to pick up the pieces in the aftermath of the debilitating stroke suffered by her husband Conor (MacLiam).
Last summer my mother had a debilitating stroke.
My mother died last summer after a debilitating stroke.
However, his career was cut short by a debilitating stroke in 2001.
Having only recently returned to work following a debilitating stroke, her ensemble of recent and older paintings and sculptures was as much a statement of intent as a fully achieved exhibition.
Dexter Dalwood appeared to be an early favourite, while many wished Angela de la Cruz, who had suffered a debilitating stroke five years ago, a deserved comeback triumph (though the artist who makes evocative «sculpture / paintings» of crumpled canvases did win the prestigious # 35,000 Paul Hamlyn Award last month).
The full flowering of this chapter of his career was never realized due to a debilitating stroke in 1941 with a stroke that left him an invalid until his death in 1952.
His later, more colourful work, executed with a light spray gun rather than a brush, and with the help of studio assistants following a debilitating stroke in the 80s, was somewhat overlooked, much like de Kooning's late work made when he was suffering from Alzheimer's.
A debilitating stroke or anything compromising mental function could force them to retire.
«He made an incredible comeback years ago from a debilitating stroke.