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Definition of the day : « benumb »

  • verb desensitize
Example sentences :
  • He was strangely reticent; my news seemed to benumb and sicken him.
  • Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
  • In these baths he can benumb the torment of the body with which he is encumbered.
  • Extract from : « The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series » by Rafael Sabatini
  • The effect of this announcement was to benumb his faculties.
  • Extract from : « Great African Travellers » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • Slavery seems to benumb all the faculties except the passions.
  • Extract from : « Andersonville, Volume 3 » by John McElroy
  • How intense must have been the suffering that could so benumb the heart!
  • Extract from : « The Allen House » by T. S. Arthur
  • At her words he gradually shook off the lethargy which seemed to benumb his senses.
  • Extract from : « The Hill of Venus » by Nathan Gallizier
  • But in poverty there is also a tendency to intimidate, to enfeeble, to benumb.
  • Extract from : « Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 1 (of 3) » by Theodore Parker
  • Was it remarkable that happiness should benumb him and rob him of his senses?
  • Extract from : « The Song of Songs » by Hermann Sudermann
  • He further says they dwarf the body, benumb the brain and weaken character.
  • Extract from : « "Say Fellows--" » by Wade C. Smith
  • It was during this period that Adah met with one of those sorrows which benumb the sensitive feminine heart.
  • Extract from : « The House » by Eugene Field