numb

When people are more dissociated, “they may describe feeling numb, being on ‘autopilot,’ ” Brand says.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

At this point most of us are numb to the dystopian possibilities.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

"You start to just become numb to it because you realise there's nothing you can do," said Amy.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

John’s left arm had atrophied, his hand now basically a claw, and two of his fingers were numb.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

I went back to bed with the gold threads wound tightly around my finger, making it numb and tingly.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

According to Friday’s report, most queries of IRS computer systems require employees to know a person’s Social Security number.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

A number of other sellers also had memorabilia up for sale at the auction, including a rare original concert ticket for The Rain, the Manchester band which later became Oasis.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

The band kicked off with a blues number called “Got My Mojo Working,” then it was Ben E. King’s “Stand by Me” followed by Cream’s “Sunshine of Your Love.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Chief U.S. economist Bill Adams of Fifth Third Commercial Bank said his research shows the unemployment rate for recent college grads is close to 6%, an unusually high number historically.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026

The number of prisoners has fallen by half.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

So perhaps it’s fitting that the most recent addition to this sad subgenre is the numbest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2025

“It might be that we’re killing it, or that’s it’s slowly dying because we’re reducing it to its numbest form, but I don’t think that has to be,” she said.

From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2019

Relationships falter because videogames get in the way, and life dissolves into a virtual reality that numbs the pain meant to drive our growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025

The local anaesthetic numbs the nerves in the short term.

From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2024

The native of Puebla, Mexico, suffers from diabetes, high blood pressure and rheumatoid arthritis, which sometimes numbs the joints in his hands, making it difficult to work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2023

Director Peyton Reed’s effort often numbs and overwhelms with too-flashy effects, an abundance of characters and head-shaking, multi-army battles that will require frame-by-frame analysis to ever possibly appreciate the visual complexities.

From Washington Times ● May 17, 2023

And right at the moment when the realization reaches his brain and numbs his body that he’s probably seen Fizz et al without hijabs, I reach over and grab my camera.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

Some contend that numbed investors to the threat, keeping yields and borrowing costs lower than they should have been.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

In his sermon during Saturday night's Easter vigil, the pontiff urged believers not to feel numbed by the scale of global conflicts but to work actively for reconciliation.

From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2026

The numbed stage: The only cease-fire is in the markets.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 26, 2026

And, finally, the Prime Directive of 2024: Never, ever become numbed by the endless drumbeat of outrages.

From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2024

The cold wind numbed their fingers and stung their cheeks.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

But such incidents have become increasingly commonplace to the point of numbing us.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026

The numbing lidocaine was injected first and sprayed down my windpipe, making me feel as if I were drowning.

From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026

Despite the name, these aren’t peppers at all but members of the citrus family that trigger a numbing, tingling sensation on the tongue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

"Is it, in fact, unhealthy and desensitising and numbing to feel joy when we're surrounded by so much suffering?" he asks.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2025

A numbing silence followed, and then a riotous din rose from inside his tent.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller