numbing
Example Sentences
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Despite the name, these aren’t peppers at all but members of the citrus family that trigger a numbing, tingling sensation on the tongue.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 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
That’s the only explanation for the numbing lack of thrills or chills or dread in Osgood Perkins’ “The Monkey.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2025
That can produce psychic numbing, the inability or disinclination to feel, which can reach the point of immobilization.
From Salon • Dec. 27, 2024
I want to wear my matted tresses in braids as soon as I learn to do my whole head without numbing my arms.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
