narcotize

Example Sentences

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Actually the soaps do not kill bacteria, they permanently "narcotize" the germs.

From Time Magazine Archive

The warm air and the glow of the beautiful rooms seemed to narcotize her, and Rose allowed herself to be led away like a sleepy child.

From Rose of Dutcher's Coolly by Garland, Hamlin

Giving, giving, eternal giving is bound to narcotize into sodden self-satisfaction, or at last to rouse to protest an awakening soul.

From Child Versus Parent Some Chapters on the Irrepressible Conflict in the Home by Wise, Stephen

They appeared to me, though, as if pursuing something beyond Gain, which should narcotize or stimulate them to forget that man's life was a vain going to and fro.

From The Morgesons by Stoddard, Elizabeth

There have been.—Lawrence!" the scent of the honeysuckle pinned into her blouse seemed to narcotize all his senses with its irresistible sweetness, "you will be true to me, won't you?

From Nightfall by Pryde, Anthony