numb

John’s left arm had atrophied, his hand now basically a claw, and two of his fingers were numb.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

And I also appreciate users’ impatience with glass-cockpit style environments and the numb tapping required for the most routine adjustment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Prosecutor Dawn Pritchard read out a victim personal statement telling the judge the victim "feels numb when she thinks back to how she felt at the time".

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Less common symptoms include a cold, numb leg or a cough.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

I could barely feel my fingers—they'd gone numb.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

World number three Alcaraz was competing at his first tournament since a lengthy injury lay-off, but that is to take nothing away from Shelton, who produced a phenomenal performance.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Many expect prices of goods to rise and the number of customers to fall.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

The Tung era reached low points in July 2003 when 500,000 people protested against restrictive anti-subversion laws proposed by China, and again a year later when about the same number rallied for democracy.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

Saxony-Anhalt had the second highest number of far-right motivated criminal acts per inhabitant last year, according to police statistics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Leaving a sizable number of bills in the mailbox seems ill-advised, but I don’t want to have to make a third trip to this house.

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 local anaesthetic numbs the nerves in the short term.

From BBC ● Jan. 19, 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

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

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Some contend that numbed investors to the threat, keeping yields and borrowing costs lower than they should have been.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

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

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

An icy wind howled, whipping its way through my scantily dressed limbs, and the thought of waiting another four hours numbed me.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

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

From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026

But this awful situation also highlights TV’s ability to unite its otherwise fractured audience, despite years of scripted and unscripted content numbing us to the worst acts people commit against one another.

From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2026

While kids in regular public schools put in their numbing hours, students in spreading networks of classical charters get meaty reading assignments—myths, fairy tales, great books—while also memorizing sonnets and elements of America’s founding documents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

"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

It goes on and on, numbing her, undermining her willingness to fight for the future, hers or anybody else’s.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García