numb
adjective
deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move.
were 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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The numbers were numbing last season for UCLA’s defense.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2018
Most of the time they were also hard on the mind because they were numbing.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2015
He is very quiet now, and growing ever more sleepy, ay, as if some poison were numbing him all over.
From Growth of the Soil by Knut Hamsun
This he took in his big, red hands, which were numbing in the cold.
From Bruvver Jim's Baby by Philip Verrill Mighels
I hooked my arm round the rope, for my fingers were numbing.
From Mr. Standfast by John Buchan
