numbing
Example Sentences
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The numbing lidocaine was injected first and sprayed down my windpipe, making me feel as if I were drowning.
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026
This is unfortunate, and not just because it affects the viewing experience, which is as numbing as a winter at Fort Ticonderoga.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
"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
We smile at expressions like these out of relief, because were braced for the numbing cliche that fails to arrive.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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