narcotize

Example Sentences

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Actually the soaps do not kill bacteria, they permanently "narcotize" the germs.

From Time Magazine Archive

By day and by night I was surrounded with influence intended to beguile me from the past, to narcotize memory, to make me in reality the heartless, soulless, scoffing creature that I certainly seem.

From Infelice by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)

There have been.—Lawrence!" the scent of the honeysuckle pinned into her blouse seemed to narcotize all his senses with its irresistible sweetness, "you will be true to me, won't you?

From Nightfall by Pryde, Anthony

The warm air and the glow of the beautiful rooms seemed to narcotize her, and Rose allowed herself to be led away like a sleepy child.

From Rose of Dutcher's Coolly by Garland, Hamlin

They fascinate even when they excite, and soothe and narcotize in the communication of their subtle power.

From A Trooper Galahad by King, Charles