benumbed

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Benumbed at first by the suddenness of the peace accord, the settlers became increasingly restive.

From Time Magazine Archive

Benumbed and exasperated, he shrewdly solved the problem of how to summon aid: by shutting off tap lines through which beer flowed to the bar.

From Time Magazine Archive

Benumbed with the winter, and freezing, You scold at the revels of May.

From The Poems of Schiller — First period by Schiller, Friedrich

I rose at length, and felt a dense    Benumbed dead weight. 

From My Beautiful Lady. Nelly Dale by Morley, Henry

Benumbed with the cold and cramped by riding so long in one position, the girl was unable to stand when she was lifted from the saddle.

From The Queen of Sheba & My Cousin the Colonel by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey