numbing
Example Sentences
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But this awful situation also highlights TV’s ability to unite its otherwise fractured audience, despite years of scripted and unscripted content numbing us to the worst acts people commit against one another.
From Salon • Feb. 13, 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
These nimble performers gamely rise to the occasion, but the comic adrenaline at this point has a numbing effect.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025
Where it touched his skin, it was cold, strangely numbing.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
