Verb (used with object) : benumbed by cold. From Dictionary.com.
They had power to benumb every decent feeling in me. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa] Reference
Wonderful power to benumb possesses this brother. —. From Wordnik.com. [Red Pottage] Reference
A wave of cold fear seemed to benumb his tongue and brain. From Wordnik.com. [The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure] Reference
He further says they dwarf the body, benumb the brain and weaken character. From Wordnik.com. ["Say Fellows—" Fifty Practical Talks with Boys on Life's Big Issues] Reference
This swift comparison between his present condition and the aims he had in view helped to benumb his faculties. From Wordnik.com. [Father Goriot] Reference
It is well established that even small quantities of alcohol weaken the will power and benumb the mental powers. From Wordnik.com. [Society Its Origin and Development] Reference
These have a narcotic ( "to benumb" G), or analgesic ( "no pain" G), effect and are not scorned even in modern medical practice. From Wordnik.com. [The Human Brain]
The world's forces began to benumb and appall him. From Wordnik.com. [The Light of the Star A Novel] Reference
When the Frost, Ice and Snow, do benumb things below. From Wordnik.com. [Wit and Mirth: or Pills to Purge Melancholy, Vol. 5 of 6] Reference
The effect of this announcement was to benumb his faculties. From Wordnik.com. [Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley] Reference
Slavery seems to benumb all the faculties except the passions. From Wordnik.com. [Andersonville — Volume 3] Reference
He was strangely reticent; my news seemed to benumb and sicken him. From Wordnik.com. [The Cavalier] Reference
"But, if they should enchant and benumb you, as they did then," quoth. From Wordnik.com. [Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote] Reference
How intense must have been the suffering that could so benumb the heart!. From Wordnik.com. [The Allen House] Reference
There are certain brains that even our educational system cannot benumb. From Wordnik.com. [The Red Planet] Reference
A great horror seemed to come upon him and benumb his body and his senses. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Merriwell Down South] Reference
Still the coldness and the stern decretive majesty partly benumb conviction. From Wordnik.com. [The Vicarious Sacrifice, Grounded in Principles of Universal Obligation.] Reference
A lethargy seemed to take hold of her and benumb her with an ever greater fear. From Wordnik.com. [Komediantka. English] Reference
Yet who shall benumb the understanding, chain up the fancy, and freeze sensation?. From Wordnik.com. [Anna St. Ives] Reference
He felt the deadly meshes cling about his limbs, the ropes fetter and benumb him. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Night] Reference
Furthermore, stimulants temporarily benumb and paralyze the inhibitory nervous system. From Wordnik.com. [Nature Cure] Reference
There was not a department which the chill of this poor king's virtue did not somewhat benumb. From Wordnik.com. [The Last of the Barons — Complete] Reference
The blind beggar does not seek to benumb sympathy by telling his patrons how well they are looking. From Wordnik.com. [Yet Again] Reference
But oh, sweet love, the drowsiness that did crawl o'er me desolate, and benumb me, was more than nature. From Wordnik.com. [The Cloister and the Hearth] Reference
It was during this period that Adah met with one of those sorrows which benumb the sensitive feminine heart. From Wordnik.com. [The House An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer, and of His Wife, Alice] Reference
All this Todros heard in a dim and vague way; but it was enough, to benumb his heart, full of petrified faith and pride. From Wordnik.com. [An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story] Reference
Instead of poison, mayhap, one of those potions of which we have heard, that so benumb and stupify the faculties that for. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2)] Reference
Most popular "Cough-Cures" benumb the upper throat and stop the tickling; smother the symptoms without touching the cause. From Wordnik.com. [Preventable Diseases] Reference
The small-talk, the perpetual demand on her attention, the constant interruptions, seemed to benumb what faculties she had. From Wordnik.com. [The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers] Reference
What a multitude of impressions were stored in her sensitive mind, impressions which, for the moment, seemed to benumb her!. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Shot] Reference
He again virtually stood chilled on the bank, with a cold, dreary, hopeless feeling which he believed would benumb his life. From Wordnik.com. [Taken Alive] Reference
Though the days are still very hot, the beautiful clear nights are cool, and benumb the mosquitoes, which have ceased to trouble us. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888] Reference
With a nature like his the abrupt catastrophe did not benumb; it even stimulated; but it took the flavour out of many of his pursuits. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography] Reference
The risks and bene fits of this recipe benumb forced to be weighed carefully and in arrearswards evaluated by the physician and patient. From Wordnik.com. [Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com] Reference
Put a tight bandage on the limb above the scar of the old wound to benumb the pained tendon, however long the wound may have been healed. From Wordnik.com. [Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life] Reference
They do not seek his advice upon those points; what they want is a drug that will benumb uneasy sensations while they live as they please. From Wordnik.com. [Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say] Reference
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