benumbed

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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

You wonder if the sudden exposure to so much warmth and acceptance has sent her into shock, or if any feeling has even managed to penetrate her benumbed state.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2018

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

No longer feeling any cold in his legs and arms nor on his face, he thought that the frost had benumbed him.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin