insensate
Example Sentences
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She is under general anaesthesia: unconscious, insensate and rendered completely still by a blend of drugs that induce deep sleep, block memory, blunt pain and temporarily paralyse her muscles.
From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025
Perkins gives the line a perfect comic spin, but our eyes are on Annie’s own insensate labor saver.
From New York Times • May 24, 2023
On Monday, the plaintiffs called Dr. Craig Stephens, an Oklahoma State University professor of pharmacology, who testified that midazolam is not an appropriate drug to render a person insensate to pain.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2022
But this weekend has illustrated both the long and short-term threat of this insensate attitude.
From Salon • Aug. 30, 2021
At the field a heavy silence prevailed, overpowering motion like a ruthless, insensate spell holding in thrall the only beings who might break it.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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