insensibilities

noun

plural of insensibility
as in trances
a temporary state of unconsciousness knocked into insensibility by the blow to the head

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  1. trances
  2. blackouts
  3. faints
  4. swims
  5. swoons
Noun
  • Many in Europe and the US were fascinated by the exceptional states of consciousness discussed in some Buddhist teachings, such as trances, visions, and telepathy.
    — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 7 July 2026
Definition of trances
Noun
  • Yet he's emerged as a key figure in conversations about Cuba's future as the island faces an economic crisis, blackouts and growing pressure from Washington.
    — USA TODAY, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • Cuba’s power grid failed again on Monday afternoon, leaving the entire island without electricity, following days of protests over the long blackouts amid the island’s hot summer.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026
Definition of blackouts
Noun
  • The latter, of course, gives better info, and the former gives fleeting metaphors and nearly faints from embarrassment.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary.
    — John Biggs, Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2025
Definition of faints
Noun
  • An alligator swims in the shallow waters of Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Delray Beach, Florida, on May 4, 2026.
    — Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 29 June 2026
  • In between languid lake swims and sensual forest escapades, old crushes surface and new anxieties rear their heads in this deft portrait of millennial disenchantment.
    — Air Mail, Air Mail, 20 June 2026
Definition of swims
Noun
  • Calm and good-natured, the 33-year-old swoons these days over his 8-month old daughter, trying to stay positive.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 June 2026
  • Calm and good-natured, the 33-year-old swoons these days over his 8-month-old daughter, trying to stay positive.
    — Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
Definition of swoons
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