numbed
Example Sentences
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He might be a clout-seeking artist, or a symbol of numbed humanity?
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
The numbed stage: The only cease-fire is in the markets.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026
"We are in shock and numbed at the news this afternoon. No Garda shift is ever routine, but this one has ended in the most horrendous of circumstances."
From BBC • May 11, 2025
Rather than nourishing themselves, she continued, they choose to numb their appetites with medicine the way I once numbed my own with guilt and self-criticism.
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2024
We prayed until our faith passed into an exhaustion that numbed us to sleep.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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