benumb
verb (used with object)
to make numb; deprive of sensation.
benumbs
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present tense formof benumb (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
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
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
From the arctics and antarctics which they explore, they bring a refrigeration that benumbs artistic sensibilities.
From Time Magazine Archive
If a book puts the critic to sleep, or so benumbs his faculties that he finds himself speechless, he has no call to proceed further in the matter.
From Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms by Brander Matthews
