: tending or serving to make numb or spiritless
losing by a numbing margin
a numbing lecture
numbingly
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an utterly numbing class in statistics
the numbing air of that wintry morning
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Some critics and documentary filmmakers say that mandate is reductive and numbing.
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Michael Powell, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2022
Aside from being scientifically fascinating, the special effect of these peppercorns is also a key component of Sichuan cuisine’s greatest gift to the culinary world, a numbing and spicy flavor profile known as málà.
—Chala Tyson Tshitundu, Bon Appétit, 29 Sep. 2021
Come winter, wide open spaces in Iowa are more numbing than even a hardy Minnesotan wants to experience.
—Jon Bream, Star Tribune, 5 Feb. 2021
What’s most powerful in lending Mr. Toor’s paintings their emotive combination of fleeting, gossamer happiness and a semi-numbing societal oppression is his palette.
—Peter Plagens, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2020
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Michael Powell, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2022
Aside from being scientifically fascinating, the special effect of these peppercorns is also a key component of Sichuan cuisine’s greatest gift to the culinary world, a numbing and spicy flavor profile known as málà.
—Chala Tyson Tshitundu, Bon Appétit, 29 Sep. 2021
Come winter, wide open spaces in Iowa are more numbing than even a hardy Minnesotan wants to experience.
—Jon Bream, Star Tribune, 5 Feb. 2021
What’s most powerful in lending Mr. Toor’s paintings their emotive combination of fleeting, gossamer happiness and a semi-numbing societal oppression is his palette.
—Peter Plagens, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2020
See all Example Sentences for numbing
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“Numbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/numbing. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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