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
He is frozen, benumbed, until, one bitterly cold morning, a dying American intelligence officer arrives on his doorstep and challenges him to live again.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 19, 2013
She walked out of the tall gate benumbed.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
