benumb

Example Sentences

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Invention is kept alive, and the mind is not suffered to fall into that drowsy stupidity, which, in a civilized society, seems to benumb the understanding of the people….

From Forbes • Aug. 26, 2014

"If only one did not have to think during the long periods of uncertainty and ignorance, and could somehow benumb the senses until the hours of darkness had passed!"

From Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer by Isaacson, Lauren Ann

Most popular "Cough-Cures" benumb the upper throat and stop the tickling; smother the symptoms without touching the cause.

From Preventable Diseases by Hutchinson, Woods

And now she knew that the children were safe, the unexpectedness of it, the amazement of the whole thing, seemed almost to benumb her senses.

From The Island House A Tale for the Young Folks by Holmes, F. M. (Frederic Morell)

Was it remarkable that happiness should benumb him and rob him of his senses?

From The Song of Songs by Sudermann, Hermann