numb
adjective
deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move.
was numbing
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past progressiveof numb.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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In the cases he chronicles here, the degree of sheer evil and overt corruption was numbing.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 25, 2020
Being so young and having to endure a relentless barrage of truly toxic sentiment on a regular basis was numbing and defeating; it was a place where nothing grew, not even resentment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2019
I thought I was numbing myself but I have since discovered that I was actually rewiring my brain.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 10, 2017
Colleagues said that General McChrystal’s overnight metamorphosis from the nation’s most important general to its most humiliated was numbing, but that he would recover psychologically and survive professionally.
From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2010
Rather, it rolled over her in waves, each one cruder than its predecessor, until it was numbing.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
