numbed
Example Sentences
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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
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
The juvenile detention center still looms one block north, standing like a numbed face, an architectural and cultural counterpoint to the expressive life in Washington Hall.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2024
I walk in numbed silence, even as everyone I pass watches me and as some of the other wild cards occasionally come up to congratulate me.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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