dulled

This was not necessarily unpleasant, but it dulled the senses like a narcotic.

By then, when the flat gray murk of Steve Annis’ cinematography and Robin Brown’s production design have dulled your senses, you’ll be hungry for stunts and what a samurai sword can do.

Ordering a cozy whiskey cocktail at my favorite local bar dulled the disappointment of every IVF failure.

Or were these fans simply too entranced by the beat, unable to break concentration, their senses dulled under the influence of ecstasy or weed or fruit-flavored liquor?

It had been indescribably worse living with contempt, insults and rigid rules as my joie de vivre dulled into depression.