insensible
Example Sentences
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I call this process catastrophic gradualism: the small, almost insensible accumulation of evils, fairly minor in their individual character, but which when considered whole, inspire a pervasive feeling of dread.
From Salon • Sep. 1, 2025
But the Cylinder Sling by Building Block flirts with such attitude without becoming rude or insensible.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2024
Yes, it’s fairly sentimental insofar as it dwells on how feelings color the world, but it’s not insensible to the gaps that feelings alone can’t fill.
From Washington Post • Jun. 18, 2021
Lying insensible in the hospital, Hwang imagines a big, brash, classic American-style musical, replete with high-kicking chorus lines and bright harmonies.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 21, 2019
She was making her final knots behind me when I felt a vague, featherlike touch on my shoulder, almost insensible through the nahlrout that numbed me.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Vocabulary lists containing insensible
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 7
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 3
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