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

I say, with all the resolution, with all the exertion of every one of those good feelings which you would sear and benumb.

From The Lawyers, A Drama in Five Acts by Iffland, Augustus William

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

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

A lethargy seemed to take hold of her and benumb her with an ever greater fear.

From The Comedienne by Obecny, Edmund