Sentence example with the word 'benumb'

benumb

abate, bemuse, cushion, drug, frost, knock stiff, mollify, palliate, pour balm into, slacken, subdue

Definition v. make numb or insensitive

Last update: September 8, 2015


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Desnoyers was still huddled in his seat, benumbed and with closed eyes.   [Please select]

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A rush of quiet almost benumbed him, so immediate was the reaction from violence to submission.   [Please select]

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For the first half-hour he paddled mechanically, his consciousness benumbed by the overwhelming strangeness.   [Please select]

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During the hearing, the frail woman had stood with bent head, dazed and benumbed.   [Please select]

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Jacob walked up and down briskly, trying to shake off the cold which benumbed him.   [Please select]

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There he sat quite benumbed and motionless; one would have imagined he was frozen to death.   [Please select]

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