numb

Maybe an hour later, my legs nearly numb, I heard a woman’s voice say, “I can’t look at him like that anymore.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

When people are more dissociated, “they may describe feeling numb, being on ‘autopilot,’ ” Brand says.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

At this point most of us are numb to the dystopian possibilities.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

Once Gerry noticed this mistake, he became "numb".

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

I found my voice, but my lips were numb and quivering.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

“We believe an S&P 500 Index break below the 7,500 area would lead to a sharp drop to next support at 7,237 to 7,313,” for a number of reasons, Hunter wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

And “halving” events, which cut the number of bitcoins earned by miners in half every four years, forced companies to seek other sources of revenue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

This sentence could refer to any number of actions undertaken by the department in recent months.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

"The same is true of BBC Radio Wales, with, as we understand it, an equally significant reduction in the number of feature programmes, which will compromise the breadth of the programme offer."

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Our job was not in itself complicated: Answer the line, match the code name to a number, insert the right plug into the right jack, connect the telephone call.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

So perhaps it’s fitting that the most recent addition to this sad subgenre is the numbest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2025

“It might be that we’re killing it, or that’s it’s slowly dying because we’re reducing it to its numbest form, but I don’t think that has to be,” she said.

From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2019

Relationships falter because videogames get in the way, and life dissolves into a virtual reality that numbs the pain meant to drive our growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025

If the flood numbs Americans to crises and catastrophes that comprise daily life in other parts of the world, can you blame us?

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2024

The native of Puebla, Mexico, suffers from diabetes, high blood pressure and rheumatoid arthritis, which sometimes numbs the joints in his hands, making it difficult to work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2023

Director Peyton Reed’s effort often numbs and overwhelms with too-flashy effects, an abundance of characters and head-shaking, multi-army battles that will require frame-by-frame analysis to ever possibly appreciate the visual complexities.

From Washington Times ● May 17, 2023

"Anything stronger than Belle-rose numbs the blood, Your Highness. The arcana will not work."

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

For most of my life, the era of American gate-keeping faced by that generation of Chinese immigrants lingered like an old scar—painful to contemplate, but numbed and faded by the passage of time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

In his sermon during Saturday night's Easter vigil, the pontiff urged believers not to feel numbed by the scale of global conflicts but to work actively for reconciliation.

From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2026

The numbed stage: The only cease-fire is in the markets.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 26, 2026

While precise counts of how many people numbed their buns through that double feature aren’t available, there’s no question that millions of us committed to the bit.

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2025

In the dark aisle of the church Florence stood, his numbed arms outstretched, unafraid of eternity.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

But such incidents have become increasingly commonplace to the point of numbing us.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026

The numbing lidocaine was injected first and sprayed down my windpipe, making me feel as if I were drowning.

From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026

When supplied in large quantities, they can have a numbing effect.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

"Is it, in fact, unhealthy and desensitising and numbing to feel joy when we're surrounded by so much suffering?" he asks.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2025

The knowledge struck him with a numbing shock.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller