: tending or serving to make numb or spiritless
losing by a numbing margin
a numbing lecture
numbingly
adverb
Examples of numbing in a Sentence
an utterly numbing class in statistics
the numbing air of that wintry morning
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The result can appear not only as exhaustion, but also irritability, decreased concentration, emotional numbing, sleep disruption, and heightened anxiety.
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Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Now after four years of ongoing horrors in Ukraine, and more than two years of watching slaughter and suffering in Gaza, the latest war filling our feeds is just another numbing form of content, a digital arena in which competing forces try to assert conflicting viewpoints.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2026
And that can be exhausting, numbing, and overwhelming.
—James Speyer, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
Gill, one of Turner's attorneys, said the ruling was a numbing disappointment.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 26 Jan. 2026
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Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Now after four years of ongoing horrors in Ukraine, and more than two years of watching slaughter and suffering in Gaza, the latest war filling our feeds is just another numbing form of content, a digital arena in which competing forces try to assert conflicting viewpoints.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2026
And that can be exhausting, numbing, and overwhelming.
—James Speyer, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
Gill, one of Turner's attorneys, said the ruling was a numbing disappointment.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 26 Jan. 2026
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“Numbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/numbing. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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