numbed
Example Sentences
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The numbed stage: The only cease-fire is in the markets.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026
While precise counts of how many people numbed their buns through that double feature aren’t available, there’s no question that millions of us committed to the bit.
From Salon • Jul. 11, 2025
And you sense, from Thiên’s spaced-out expression and general disinterest in the discourse, that he’s grown tired of that cacophony, which has effectively numbed him to reality.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2024
His most recent major triumph, at the 2022 French Open, came on a painful left foot that needed to be numbed with multiple injections.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2024
Her first surge of relief soon died away, and her thoughts, numbed by the sheer terror of pursuit, began to stir again in hopeless circles.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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