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Synonyms & Antonyms for numb
Synonyms: Adjective
asleep, benumbed, dead, insensitive, numbed, torpid, unfeeling
Antonyms: Adjective
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Examples of numb in a Sentence
Adjective
The side of my face was still numb an hour after the surgery. I had a numb feeling in my toes. It was so cold that my fingers went numb. A stroke can cause one side of your body to go numb. Her son had died and she just felt numb. He stood there numb with fear.
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Once inside, be sure to order the Fuzzy Tauntaun…and wait for your mouth to become mysteriously numb. — Shay Spence, PEOPLE.com, "Disney World's Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge Is Now Open! 5 Things You Need to Know Before You Go," 29 Aug. 2019 In a country that has become nearly numb to men with guns opening fire in schools, at concerts and in churches, the back-to-back bursts of gun violence in less than 24 hours were enough to leave the public stunned and shaken. — New York Times, "Back-to-Back Outbreaks of Gun Violence in El Paso and Dayton Stun Country," 4 Aug. 2019 What brought me back down to earth was an event a few years later when suddenly my mouth went numb and my head felt as if a balloon were expanding inside it. — Garrison Keillor, Harper's magazine, "Hurrah for the Plaza," 22 July 2019 In some of New York’s Orthodox Jewish enclaves, anti-Semitic assaults, slurs and swastika graffiti have grown so common that people are at risk of becoming numb to them, community leaders said. — Sharon Otterman, New York Times, "Swastikas and Burning Pride Flags: Hate Crimes Spike in N.Y.," 5 June 2019 Carter, who’s initially conciliatory and emotionally responsive to Roy’s talk about suicide, seems to become increasingly numb to the idea of it. — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, "The Cultural Fault Lines of I Love You, Now Die," 10 July 2019 The treatment uses extreme cold temperatures produced by dry, vaporized nitrogen to briefly numb nerve endings. — Tyra Mcclung, courant.com, "Afloat In Avon: Wellness Therapy Promotes Relaxation, Relieves Sports Injuries," 2 July 2019 Most Read Local Stories Leaving the hospital, Krasnitskiy lumbered into the parking lot gingerly, his feet still partly numb from frostbite. — Evan Bush, The Seattle Times, "‘It’s miserable, but we’re alive’: Portland climber recounts dramatic days stranded on Mount Rainier," 6 June 2019 His face felt numb and droopy, and his speech became slurred. — Julia Michie Bruckner, Discover Magazine, "Is a Teen's Pain Just Drama, or Something Worse?," 12 Mar. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'numb.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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