Example Sentences

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And a humble suggestion for the icy, northwesterly breeze that so often benumbs New York City.

From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2013

What assaults the eye often benumbs the brain, but now all the networks are doing the same.

From Time Magazine Archive

From the arctics and antarctics which they explore, they bring a refrigeration that benumbs artistic sensibilities.

From Time Magazine Archive

After offering some Soviet advance brass a dinner at his canonry, complete with vintage port, he benumbs them with a conducted tour of his cathedral.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pure water must be placed near them in such a manner as to enable them to drink without getting into the water, which, by wetting their feathers, benumbs and injures them.

From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Jennings, Robert