Benumb (Verb)
Meaning
Make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses".
Classification
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
Examples
- The tragedy seemed to benumb her emotions as she struggled to come to terms with her loss.
- The cold water poured over her head, helping to benumb the area where the doctor was going to make the incision.
- As she sat in the courtroom, the constant barrage of gruesome details began to benumb her to the horror of it all.
- The lack of sleep was starting to benumb her senses, making it difficult for her to focus on the task at hand.
- Over time, the constant hardships she faced had started to benumb her compassion for others.