numbing
Example Sentences
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This numbing and inescapable truth gives a unique urgency to Mr. Rosolie’s “Junglekeeper.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
"Is it, in fact, unhealthy and desensitising and numbing to feel joy when we're surrounded by so much suffering?" he asks.
From BBC • Sep. 1, 2025
These nimble performers gamely rise to the occasion, but the comic adrenaline at this point has a numbing effect.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025
In this way, truth-telling helps diminish psychic numbing.
From Salon • Dec. 27, 2024
I hurried, the sound drawing closer, myriad-voiced, humming, enfolding me, numbing the air, as I started beneath the ramp.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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