If New Labour has been characteristic of anything it is desensitising us to issues such as welfare.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vulcans on the starboard bow] Reference

If only I had the budget, I would like to demonstrate that bungee jumping has a far greater effect in 'desensitising people to violence', by the criteria presented in this paper.    From Wordnik.com.  [Review of Carnagey, Anderson, and Bushman] Reference

AN as an explosive component has one major drawback, it is very hygroscopic, meaning that it will attract and absorb moisture from the air desensitising or destroying the explosive.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Makeshift Arsenal, by Lowry Version 1.2] Reference

I suggest desensitising sessions for all these people.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top Stories - Google News] Reference

Jaar questions the desensitising role of the media and the global politics of representation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

Mr Twentyman said violent entertainment was desensitising children and adding a frightening new level of danger to schoolyard fights.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines] Reference

He is genuinely scared of clipping, which we were warned about by previous owners and have tried months of desensitising him but to no avail.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Even if it were true that presenting plant allergens via honey had a desensitising effect, the major types of pollen associated with hay fever are trees and grasses which are.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

The usual answers to helping a dog through this anxiety have ranged from rubbing his feet with dryer sheets (to reduce the static electricity) to desensitising the dog to loud noises.    From Wordnik.com.  [daytondailynews.com - News] Reference

I find this amazing, as many millions of males with intact foreskins can attest to the fact that it is indeed an erroneous zone, also functioning to protect other erroneous zones from desensitising.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

It's a remarkable finding; though looking at the long list of references, the idea of visual "distraction" as a method of desensitising people from visual memories has been around since at least early this decade.    From Wordnik.com.  [Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk] Reference

As has been mentioned already, most people can only cope by to some extent desensitising themselves to 100% pure human misery that a dementia ward can exude Dementia is a horrible disease, it cannot be deflected by pretty lights, sing songs and training DVDs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest news from the public and voluntary sectors, including health, children, local government and social care, plus SocietyGuardian jobs | guardian.co.uk] Reference

Yeah, it does get desensitising.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ten Signs of Transphobia in Our Culture] Reference