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

And then we will no more be rack'd With inward striving, and demand Of all the thousand nothings of the hour Their stupefying power; Ah yes, and they benumb us at our call!

From Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold by Arnold, Matthew

I say, with all the resolution, with all the exertion of every one of those good feelings which you would sear and benumb.

From The Lawyers, A Drama in Five Acts by Iffland, Augustus William

They had power to benumb every decent feeling in me.

From Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa by Stockley, Cynthia

Few laws have ever been passed better calculated than this to harden the heart and benumb the conscience of every man who assists in its execution.

From Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854) by Griffiths, Julia