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 numbing and inescapable truth gives a unique urgency to Mr. Rosolie’s “Junglekeeper.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
But sometime over this last winter — that numbing, hoary stretch between mid-February and March — I decided this might be the year to reclaim a bit of seasonal delight.
From Salon • Oct. 7, 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
She dabs my forehead with antiseptic—they are so careful about germs here—and I feel the sting and prickle of the needle, diminishing by the second as the numbing agent does its work.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
