benumb
verb (used with object)
to make numb; deprive of sensation.
have benumbed
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present perfectof benumb.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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This mad race to outdo one another and this hunting after pleasures which tickle the senses have benumbed the social mind and have inhibited in it the feeling for deeper values.
From Psychology and Social Sanity by Hugo Münsterberg
My mere return to that ordered elegance seemed to have benumbed my individuality.
From The "Goldfish" by Arthur Cheney Train
Such peace, peace, dear, would have benumbed Napoleon; but I need few other interests—my universe begins at his head and ends at his feet.
From Letters of a Dakota Divorcee by Jane Burr
He thought of the nights in his room when the hard heavy work of the day in the warehouse seemed to have benumbed his brain.
From Marching Men by Sherwood Anderson
Remember," again addressing the woman whom hopelessness seemed for a moment to have benumbed, "that if you would yet do me a kindness, be kind to her.
From The Light of Scarthey by Egerton Castle
