Example Sentences

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“You see something like this, and it really isn’t shocking,” said Victoria Nunez, a senior at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fla., adding that the internet and social media had desensitized everyone.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2022

In stroking their own arms, they had desensitized that part of their body to touch in general.

From Science Magazine • May 29, 2019