benumbed
Example Sentences
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Its importance may have been underestimated by a benumbed Supreme Court press, understandably focused on what is likely to be the Court’s decision.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2022
As friends and neighbors watch in silent awe, confused, benumbed, the father lowers the launcher and stage-growls the absolutely unnecessary: “It’s a boy.”
From Washington Post ● May 13, 2021
Britta, a healing practitioner, her entrepreneur husband, Richard, and their young daughter are part of this benumbed society.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2019
The author trots out secondary characters and walk-ons who, along with the benumbed Jovan, play like a Chandleresque lineup of suspects: nurses, psychologists, fellow janitors, the married dentist Jovan is canoodling with.
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2017
As, with benumbed legs, he slowly left the still sleeping town at daybreak, a crouching shadow emerged from the last hut and joined the pilgrim.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
