benumb

Example Sentences

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Invention is kept alive, and the mind is not suffered to fall into that drowsy stupidity, which, in a civilized society, seems to benumb the understanding of the people….

From Forbes • Aug. 26, 2014

The older a man is, within limits of course, the more interesting he should be, and is, unless he has weakly allowed age to benumb him before his time.

From The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography by Dawson, A. J. (Alec John)

Most popular "Cough-Cures" benumb the upper throat and stop the tickling; smother the symptoms without touching the cause.

From Preventable Diseases by Hutchinson, Woods

A great horror seemed to come upon him and benumb his body and his senses.

From Frank Merriwell Down South by Standish, Burt L.

The effect of this announcement was to benumb his faculties.

From Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley by Kingston, William Henry Giles