desensitize

Example Sentences

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Fuchs hopes viewers also recognize the ways that fear desensitizes Derry townsfolk to the horrors in their midst.

From Salon

With true crime’s popularity dramatically increasing over the last 15 years, audiences have become increasingly desensitized.

From Salon

Investors have become desensitized to risk as the 2008-09 financial crisis fades from memory, Block believes.

From Barron's

Mollner and Lawrence keep the story locked on the boys, never elaborating on this desensitizing idea but continuing to show us the dehumanizing torture they endure.

From Los Angeles Times

I don’t want to say that’s right or wrong, but from what I’m seeing, a lot of people have become desensitized to violence.

From Los Angeles Times