numbing
Example Sentences
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This awful situation highlights TV’s ability to unite its otherwise fractured audience, despite years of scripted and unscripted content numbing us to the worst acts people commit against one another.
From Salon • Feb. 13, 2026
While kids in regular public schools put in their numbing hours, students in spreading networks of classical charters get meaty reading assignments—myths, fairy tales, great books—while also memorizing sonnets and elements of America’s founding documents.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 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
At this point, they pop up with numbing regularity.
From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2024
“I’m going to have to give you a shot of this numbing agent,” she says, holding up a syringe.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
