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Definition of Numbed
1. numb [v] - See also: numb
Lexicographical Neighbors of Numbed
Literary usage of Numbed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle (1890)
"... which, spreading gloom on every side, soured the temper, corrupted the
affections, numbed the intellect, and brought into complete discredit those bold ..."
2. The Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron Guilford, Lord Keeper of by Roger North (1826)
"... or head rather, could not sustain it, and he fell into an apoplexy and palsy,
which numbed his parts; and he never recovered the strength of them. ..."
3. Every Day in the Year: A Poetical Epitome of the World's History by James Lauren Ford, Mary K. Ford (1902)
"Was his dear face cold in the pelting rain, Or numbed by the blinding sleet?
Barefoot through the blinding sleet! Was he pale from the pain, the hunger pain ..."
4. Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, to Sir Horace Mann by Horace Walpole (1844)
"That old wretch the Duke of Newcastle is moving heaven and earth (but heaven and
earth are not easily moved with a numbed finger of seventy) to raise ..."
5. Physiology of Bodily Exercise by Fernand Lagrange (1890)
"... regulated —Effects of Heat on Muscle—Experiment of Marey on Caoutchouc—Observation
of Daily Phenomena—Muscle Heated and Muscle numbed by Cold—Gestures ..."
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