benumb

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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

A great horror seemed to come upon him and benumb his body and his senses.

From Frank Merriwell Down South by Standish, Burt L.

And then we will no more be rack'd With inward striving, and demand Of all the thousand nothings of the hour Their stupefying power; Ah yes, and they benumb us at our call!

From Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold by Arnold, Matthew

Few laws have ever been passed better calculated than this to harden the heart and benumb the conscience of every man who assists in its execution.

From Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854) by Griffiths, Julia

There can be nothing so insufferable at a party as one of those people who seem determined to benumb your gayety by their sullen looks and their stiff manners.

From Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 by Kock, Charles Paul de