benumbed

Example Sentences

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Its importance may have been underestimated by a benumbed Supreme Court press, understandably focused on what is likely to be the Court’s decision.

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2022

As friends and neighbors watch in silent awe, confused, benumbed, the father lowers the launcher and stage-growls the absolutely unnecessary: “It’s a boy.”

From Washington Post • May 13, 2021

In the course of her Zoom interview with the Guardian, she also claims to feel like one of the characters in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, benumbed by a constant stream of media stimulation.

From The Guardian • Aug. 6, 2020

The author trots out secondary characters and walk-ons who, along with the benumbed Jovan, play like a Chandleresque lineup of suspects: nurses, psychologists, fellow janitors, the married dentist Jovan is canoodling with.

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2017

He continued to swim in Dumbledore’s wake, the tips of his benumbed fingers brushing the rough, wet rock.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling