numb
adjective
deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move.
had numbed
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past perfectof numb.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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My son was right: It was clunky—a little slower and a lot less whizbang-slick than iPhones had numbed me to expect.
From Slate ● Jan. 1, 2023
Yet the movie’s energies drop perceptibly in the middle section; lines of dialogue are recited at a sluggish rate, with lengthy pauses, as if the pressure of the presiding theme had numbed the characters’ tongues.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 3, 2020
Decades of population planning had numbed people to government intrusion in their reproductive lives.
From Slate ● Nov. 27, 2018
Fatigued and depressed, he was to attend a mass meeting of protesting HEW staffers three weeks ago when he was suddenly hospitalized because an exhaustion-induced nerve ailment had numbed his arm.
From Time Magazine Archive
Adrenaline had numbed her body for hours, abating all the usual signs of fatigue, but suddenly everything returned in a rush.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
