desensitize

Example Sentences

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Anyeji says that the sender might be desensitized or numb to the disturbing content, which is also a sign of the sender’s traumatic distress, which they may unknowingly be passing along.

From Los Angeles Times

The padded figures on the field have been so commodified and exaggerated all out of shape that the viewer is desensitized to what they experience on even the most ordinary, innocuous play.

From Washington Post

“One of the most dramatic examples of violence being desensitized is people who have information about homicides are not coming forward,” Mr. Pannell told The Washington Times.

From Washington Times

Football is a spectacle where excessive violence is mundane, because hits that cause injuries are a constant occurrence, and spectators are desensitized to it.

From Scientific American

Maybe it was because we had become culturally desensitized to loss in general because of the accumulated toll of the Vietnam War.

From Seattle Times