benumbed

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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

Britta, a healing practitioner, her entrepreneur husband, Richard, and their young daughter are part of this benumbed society.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2019

She walked out of the tall gate benumbed.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson