Example Sentences

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And more serious concerns such as a stroke need to be ruled out when dizziness or vertigo is accompanied by severe imbalance, double vision, slurred speech, weakness, numbness, trouble walking or decreased alertness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Worse than normalization; we have descended into numbness.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026

Grace, what stands out to you about playing her in that state of numbness to her life crashing down?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

"I wasn't really in any pain at the time, but I felt some numbness throughout my body."

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

My chest is burning, and the numbness in my head blocks out everything else.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass