numb
adjective
deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move.
has numbed
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present perfectof numb (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Over the years, the success of the measles vaccine has numbed many to these risks, health experts say.
From Reuters ● Oct. 24, 2022
It’s impossible, she says, for us to grasp how shocking the spectacle would have been for 19th-century consumers, now that the breakneck pace of technological discovery has numbed us to even the most startling innovations.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2021
Fessenden actually seems to have a point here too, about how a steady bombardment of R-rated media has numbed adolescents like himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2017
Maybe the Tyson Effect has numbed us to the lack of competition in front of Rousey.
From Time ● Mar. 1, 2015
You have struck a blow that has numbed my senses.
From Charlotte's Inheritance by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
