narcotize

Example Sentences

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The audience necessary to sustain original and ambitious work is narcotized by algorithms or distracted by doomscrolling.

From New York Times

To borrow a word, it narcotizes people in search of real spiritual wisdom.

From Washington Post

As Anna watches Australia burn from the narcotizing screen of her phone, her mother vanishes into hallucinations of one-eyed CIA agents and “animals turning into birds and then into plants.”

From Washington Post

His treatments included electroconvulsive therapy, during which doctors use electric currents to spark a brain seizure, and also narcotizing drugs.

From Los Angeles Times

Ruth — now entirely awake — picked up her own phone and soon we both lay there chewing our digital cud like narcotized cattle.

From Washington Post