benumb
verb (used with object)
to make numb; deprive of sensation.
was benumbing
-
past progressiveof benumb.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Suddenly, while an oppressive dream was benumbing my pain, a hellish uproar awoke me.
From Eyes Like the Sea by Mór Jókai
I felt it with an impotence of despair that was benumbing.
From The Return Of The Soul 1896 by Robert Smythe Hichens
The howling of the wind was benumbing; the very fury of sound enfeebled while it terrified.
From For the Term of His Natural Life by Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke
A slow paralysis was benumbing the limbs of the insurrection, and even at the heart its vitality was plainly declining.
From A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History by John George Nicolay
She suddenly felt drowsy--the snow-chill was benumbing her whole body, and somehow she no longer cared whether she was found or not.
From Timid Hare by Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade
