numb

Maybe an hour later, my legs nearly numb, I heard a woman’s voice say, “I can’t look at him like that anymore.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

When people are more dissociated, “they may describe feeling numb, being on ‘autopilot,’ ” Brand says.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

At this point most of us are numb to the dystopian possibilities.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

"You start to just become numb to it because you realise there's nothing you can do," said Amy.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

There we joined the occupants of other barracks—some 35,000 at that time—stretching out of sight in the pale glow of the street lamps, feet growing numb on the cold cinder ground.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

He says failing to cut that number is his biggest regret in government.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Five told us that they do prescribe the drugs as part of pilot projects which allow a small number of patients to access the jabs on the NHS.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Bank of America executives said the bank has been working with regulators for a number of quarters and invested billions of dollars to combat financial crime.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

In September, the number of homes on the market rose to the highest level since November 2019, right before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the National Association of Realtors.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

I’d stuffed it there two hours ago so I could concentrate on my homework rather than wonder why it was taking him so long to text me, when he’s had my number for hours.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

So perhaps it’s fitting that the most recent addition to this sad subgenre is the numbest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2025

“It might be that we’re killing it, or that’s it’s slowly dying because we’re reducing it to its numbest form, but I don’t think that has to be,” she said.

From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2019

Relationships falter because videogames get in the way, and life dissolves into a virtual reality that numbs the pain meant to drive our growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025

Mr Blake told BBC Radio Scotland's Drivetime show he was "totally unaware" he had been bitten as the spider numbs its prey before laying its eggs.

From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2023

The native of Puebla, Mexico, suffers from diabetes, high blood pressure and rheumatoid arthritis, which sometimes numbs the joints in his hands, making it difficult to work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2023

Director Peyton Reed’s effort often numbs and overwhelms with too-flashy effects, an abundance of characters and head-shaking, multi-army battles that will require frame-by-frame analysis to ever possibly appreciate the visual complexities.

From Washington Times ● May 17, 2023

It's the coldness of the snow, yes, but whatever mix of herbal juices my mother has added numbs, as well.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

Some contend that numbed investors to the threat, keeping yields and borrowing costs lower than they should have been.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

The numbed stage: The only cease-fire is in the markets.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 26, 2026

"We are in shock and numbed at the news this afternoon. No Garda shift is ever routine, but this one has ended in the most horrendous of circumstances."

From BBC ● May 11, 2025

But for Freeman, it was a concoction of adrenaline, relief and gratitude that — at least for a little while — mostly numbed the pain in his badly sprained right ankle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2024

The cold wind numbed their fingers and stung their cheeks.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

We all know the feeling of doom-scrolling, the mindless numbing of the brain.

From BBC ● May 23, 2026

The numbing lidocaine was injected first and sprayed down my windpipe, making me feel as if I were drowning.

From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026

This is unfortunate, and not just because it affects the viewing experience, which is as numbing as a winter at Fort Ticonderoga.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025

But sometime over this last winter — that numbing, hoary stretch between mid-February and March — I decided this might be the year to reclaim a bit of seasonal delight.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2025

I spend half an hour reading through work emails so mind- numbing that they dull even the pain of jealousy, then I shut down the laptop and put it away.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins