mind-numbing
Britishadjective
Other Word Forms
- mind-numbingly adverb
Example Sentences
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While these types of exhibitions are often an exercise in hunting for an aesthetic needle in a mind-numbing haystack, the quality here is surprisingly consistent with happy discoveries around almost every corner.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
Freddie Freeman slammed a walk-off homer to lead off the bottom of the 18th, putting the finishing touch on one of the weirdest, wackiest, most mind-numbing contests ever staged in the Fall Classic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025
It has also had mixed reviews, being described as "jovial, zany, and sweet" by the Daily Beast, but a "mind-numbing abomination" by the Times.
From BBC • May 25, 2025
I left the house to pick up my kids from school — right back on the 101 Freeway south through Hollywood, driving a mind-numbing 8 mph.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025
She garbled her words and flattened her voice to a mind-numbing drone.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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