numbed
Example Sentences
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The numbed stage: The only cease-fire is in the markets.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026
Is it strange to suggest that, 35 years on, after becoming numbed by synthetic superhero kinetics, Woo’s brand of over-the-top now feels more grounded?
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2024
Rather than nourishing themselves, she continued, they choose to numb their appetites with medicine the way I once numbed my own with guilt and self-criticism.
From Salon • Apr. 7, 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
The icy water numbed him deeper with each breath.
From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen
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