Example Sentences

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After walking half-numb up the Husky Stadium tunnel, the 6-foot-2, 238-pound linebacker made an instantaneous decision — while waiting for a UW doctor to confirm what he already knew.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2022

At times, the battered field — from Thursday to Monday there were more than 82 rounds with a score of 75 or higher — appeared to be in a half-numb daze.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2022

I ate it on a bitter late-winter night, as the wind off the sidewalk found my coat’s every weakness and my fingers went half-numb.

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2015

The stump of his amputated arm throbbed, or more precisely it was as if the arm were there again but half-numb, a phantom limb.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

Their coming was as a thrill that runs through a half-numb body, a sign of revivification and awakened hope.

From Joscelyn Cheshire A Story of Revolutionary Days in the Carolinas by Kennedy, Sara Beaumont