numbness
Example Sentences
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Numbness is not to be confused with nonchalance.
From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 2023
Numbness to this kind of horror is one of the main ways through which evil is normalized.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2019
Numbness or indifference to real atrocity may, from the outside, seem callous.
From The Guardian • Aug. 2, 2018
Numbness is something thrust upon us, a physical or emotional reaction to external shocks, a natural bodily response.
From Slate • Jun. 14, 2018
Numbness was setting in, but I had just enough oomph left to get me through finals.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
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