How to Use numbing in a Sentence

numbing

adjective

• Then came a numbing cream to dull the pain of the blade.
  — Jessica Yarbrough, SELF, 5 Dec. 2018
• The numbing tingle is more than present, yet plenty of the heat gets past.
  — Jim Thurman, Los Angeles Magazine, 24 May 2018
• First, your face will be cleansed and a numbing cream will be applied.
  — Dr. Leslie Baumann, miamiherald, 5 Sep. 2017
• No tumors, and while my spine was not in great shape, it could not be blamed for the numbing in my feet.
  — Lynn Peterson Mobley, Washington Post, 8 July 2018
• And the other pieces are the kind of numbing 3 a.m. questions that our body politic is not at all equipped to handle.
  — Will Bunch, Philly.com, 14 June 2018
• The Sunday telecast on ABC clocked in at a numbing 3 hours 53 minutes.
  — Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, 5 Mar. 2018
• Without the numbing agent, the appointment can be done in just 15 minutes or so.
  — Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 10 Mar. 2020
• Still, watching the same thing every day can have a numbing effect.
  — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 5 Sep. 2017
• The days that followed were tumultuous, painful, numbing, and sad.
  — Dixie Lincoln-Nichols, SELF, 21 Nov. 2018
• The chicken was moist, with a crisp crust, and there was the tiniest hint of a numbing sensation from the Sichuan peppercorns.
  — Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2019
• Even so, their lives are lived in isolation and a numbing routine.
  — George Schroeder, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2017
• This may increase over the next few hours as the numbing medication wears off.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 27 June 2018
• Levin’s assistant applied a numbing cream to my face and left me to worry.
  — Alice Gregory, Allure, 28 Apr. 2019
• Also, the orbs also do a nice job of evenly filling the weird crevices of your face, which expedites the numbing process.
  — Andrew Goble, GQ, 18 Feb. 2018
• There’s the numbing violence of the sociopaths the business attracts.
  — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 3 July 2017
• The cuisine balances salty, sweet, sour, spicy, and ma, the numbing sensation from Sichuan peppers.
  — Christina Liao, Vogue, 5 June 2018
• Crowned with a coif of buzz button foam, its numbing properties will take you by surprise.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 28 Aug. 2019
• The entire treatment, including an hour of numbing, takes about three hours.
  — Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 9 Nov. 2018
• After five hours in body-numbing conditions, the rescuers returned with the victim, who had died on trek back to camp.
  — Suzanne Baker, chicagotribune.com, 22 June 2017
• Nerve blocks – Injectable numbing medicines may be used when oral medicines fail to provide relief from intense pain.
  — Health.com, 1 May 2017
• The music is loud, the dancers are buff and fearless, and the effect is both exhilarating and, after a while, a little numbing.
  — The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2016
• But why subject yourself to the numbing outdoors when there are perfectly good indoor bars keeping the frozen stuff in the glassware?
  — Amelia Rayno, chicagotribune.com, 24 Jan. 2018
• Like time, tide and the fatuousness of the pre-match interview, there was a numbing predictability to Rafael Nadal’s patterns.
  — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 20 Sep. 2017
• With each step, the numbing 38-degree rushing water feels like tiny nails stabbing into skin.
  — David Whiting, Orange County Register, 4 May 2017
• This numbing to tragedies has also been called compassion fade, and is likely one of the reasons for inaction of bystanders in the face of brutal events.
  — Joan Cook, Time, 15 Feb. 2018
• The numbing effect brought welcome intensity to a stir-fry of shrimp, beef and vegetables served in a sizzling wok.
  — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 5 Sep. 2019
• The Blazers led a numbing 98-55 entering the final quarter.
  — USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2017
• Howling winds will drop the wind chill to a numbing 25 degrees below zero in some parts of the northern Plains, the National Weather Service said.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2019
• This approach leads me to a sumptuous platter of crunchy rice crusts with spicy beef and chili peppers ($19.95), as well as those numbing Sichuan peppercorns.
  — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 26 Nov. 2019
• Even so, the lack of effort and execution against a team that had lost five of its past six, including a 90-61 loss to Oklahoma, was more numbing than stunning.
  — Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 15 Feb. 2020

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024