had benumbed
- past perfect of benumb.
Example Sentences
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No longer feeling any cold in his legs and arms nor on his face, he thought that the frost had benumbed him.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
And, though it was partly the long sweat of anguish which had benumbed him, his apathy was pierced, at times, by a bodily horror of the scene of his struggle.
From The Gentleman from Indiana by Tarkington, Booth
She fell from his palsied arms back on the couch, and he stood gazing on her as if struck by a power which had benumbed all his faculties.
From Thaddeus of Warsaw by Porter, Jane
Sleeping in the hot and almost fetid air had benumbed his brain.
From With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
She also had just woke with a start from the heavy sleep which had benumbed her while she sat watching the sick child.
From His Masterpiece by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred
