numbing
Example Sentences
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The numbing lidocaine was injected first and sprayed down my windpipe, making me feel as if I were drowning.
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026
This is unfortunate, and not just because it affects the viewing experience, which is as numbing as a winter at Fort Ticonderoga.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
But sometime over this last winter — that numbing, hoary stretch between mid-February and March — I decided this might be the year to reclaim a bit of seasonal delight.
From Salon • Oct. 7, 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
Her job bored her: she did the same bland things, writing press releases, editing press releases, copyediting press releases, her movements rote and numbing.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
