numbingly
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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I won’t miss the daylong back- and leg-torturing drives west and east along Interstate 80, the numbingly familiar, mostly unchanging terrain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
On a numbingly cold Tuesday evening in the Arctic Circle, Premier League giants City were "battered in Bodo" , suffering a humbling 3-1 Champions League defeat.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2026
Reviewing Leibovich's book, Geoffrey Kabaservice added this: "The routine was always numbingly the same, and so was the sad truth at the heart of it. They all knew better."
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2022
At a time when news stories about refugees and migration threaten to become numbingly anonymous, “Flee” restores the fine detail and human contours that make each version unique, individual and vital.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 18, 2022
I must confess I find Sonata Form a numbingly tedious subject and am not going to dwell on it.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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