numb

Example Sentences

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That lasted until March, when the water was so cold, my face went numb and I started swallowing seawater because I couldn’t tell my mouth was open.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

Somehow, I feel numb and like I’m on fire at the same time.

From Literature

If anything, such a war has been eerily normalized in our collective consciousness and we’ve become remarkably numb to and fatalistic about it.

From Salon

“The lack of investment in these communities has created a culture where this continues to happen, and people are numb to it,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times