dead to the world
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“It’s the reverse of you, the depression. You’ve got to start almost from zero, because you’re just dead to the world ... your desire for anything, everything’s gone. You’ve got to build yourself up again.”
From The Guardian • Mar. 1, 2019
While he was on a recent trip to New York City, the janitor of Manhattan's Riverside Church was amazed to come upon him stretched out, dead to the world, on one of the pews.
From Time Magazine Archive
It appealed to me and my friends because our generation is so dead to the world.
From Time Magazine Archive
At 10 o'clock Grandma is ready for bed: "The minute my head hits the pillow I'm dead to the world."
From Time Magazine Archive
Seabiscuit was a dark lump half buried in the straw, dead to the world.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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