Example Sentences

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That gave check to a creeping blankness which was benumbing Pan.

From Valley of Wild Horses by Grey, Zane

An overpowering torpor, though not disagreeable, was benumbing her whole body, and before her eyes bright lights seemed to float, succeeded by thick darkness.

From Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas by Souvestre, Pierre

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 Clarke, Marcus Andrew Hislop

The cold was benumbing, and both were suffering.

From 'Neath the Hoof of the Tartar The Scourge of God by J?sika, Mikl?s

Extreme fatigue was benumbing the pain of my now swelling arm; perhaps sleep was near, perhaps I was swooning.

From Old Man Savarin and Other Stories by Thomson, Edward William