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numbing

[nuhm-ing] / ˈnʌm ɪŋ /








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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