numb

Example Sentences

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I felt like I was an extra in a BritBox drama and I couldn’t stop taking photos despite my numb fingers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

"The next phase of feelings were just numb," he says of the days after Freeman fled.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

"My hands, my fingers, they go numb," she said, slowly unclenching her fists.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

Bite into a Maldivian Scotch Bonnet, and you’ll start to feel your tongue get numb, your forehead sweat and your brain crave a glass of milk.

From Salon • Dec. 27, 2025

For the better part of the night, he’d wandered the city’s empty streets, letting the count of his footsteps numb his mind.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray