| 单词 | benumb |
| 例句 | No longer feeling any cold in his legs and arms nor on his face, he thought that the frost had benumbed him. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z As, with benumbed legs, he slowly left the still sleeping town at daybreak, a crouching shadow emerged from the last hut and joined the pilgrim. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z She walked out of the tall gate benumbed. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The Clinic had prepared me for it, benumbing my sense of shame, and besides, I was desperate for money. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He continued to swim in Dumbledore’s wake, the tips of his benumbed fingers brushing the rough, wet rock. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z But she dwells mostly in a benumbed, stressed-out limbo, in frenzied motion from one nowhere to the next. Review: Kristen Stewart Is Entrancing as a Haunted ‘Personal Shopper’ 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z So the fury of Frank’s finger passes to those of us who have been benumbed by today’s proliferating, meaningless urban menhirs—street after street a corridor of dead souls. Frank Gehry’s Digital Defiance 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z The American people are confused and benumbed by a flood of fake news and misinformation. When It’s Too Late to Stop Fascism, According to Stefan Zweig 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z A benumbed melancholy throbs through both the novel and film, which plays like a lampoon lamentation for the Southern California utopia that might have been. Paul Thomas Anderson Films ‘Inherent Vice’ 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Denk’s playing in the first movement of the Beethoven sonata progressed from crabby and benumbed to demonic and compulsive. Music Review: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and Jeremy Denk at Mostly Mozart 2010-08-20T22:02:00Z Tate Modern's current show Exposed, on surveillance photography, feels intellectually threadbare and aesthetically benumbing. Nothing to see here - beyond the blockbuster exhibitions 2010-07-09T20:31:00Z As friends and neighbors watch in silent awe, confused, benumbed, the father lowers the launcher and stage-growls the absolutely unnecessary: “It’s a boy.” Perspective | Gene Weingarten: I’ve got a few gender-reveal ideas for parents 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z Heather seems a cliche of intellectual imprecision and entitlement, benumbed by comfort, a foil for her hard-working, highly skilled forebear. Review | How Queen Elizabeth’s wedding dress diverted war-torn England 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z "River of Fundament" was inspired by "Ancient Evenings," Norman Mailer's sprawlingly bad 1983 novel — 709 pages of benumbed egocentrism set in pharaonic Egypt. Matthew Barney's 'River of Fundament'? Well, it's certainly big 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z He is frozen, benumbed, until, one bitterly cold morning, a dying American intelligence officer arrives on his doorstep and challenges him to live again. The Professor of Truth by James Robertson – review 2013-06-19T12:30:01Z The possibility of being eaten by a wild animal might be greeted with indifference, if not actually welcomed, by the benumbed, bewildered and bedridden characters in this quirk-addicted but heartfelt comedy. | 'Tigers Be Still': Escaped Predator? What Else Is New? 2010-10-07T02:01:00Z In the course of her Zoom interview with the Guardian, she also claims to feel like one of the characters in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, benumbed by a constant stream of media stimulation. A Thousand Cuts: inside a chilling documentary on Maria Ressa 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z But the extraordinary quality of suffering that he had witnessed, and the inscrutable arbitrariness of sickness and death, benumbed him. Love in the Time of Numbness; or, Doctor Chekhov, Writer 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z Mark Twain visited twice, and after his second visit, wrote that the “wind was cold and benumbing. It came straight from the ocean, and I think there are icebergs out there somewhere.” Closure of iconic Cliff House ends a remarkable era of San Francisco's history 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z Instead, we’ve been living in a state benumbed and a benumbed state, in which nihilism prevails and corruption oozes from the very top. Opinion | The President Has Made Selfishness Our National Credo 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z In this region, Stein once wrote of “nature benumbed.” A Poetic Journey Through Western China 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z “Say Nothing” powerfully documents a society benumbed by trauma attempting to reckon with the abyss that engulfed it. Review: ‘Say Nothing’ reexamines a mother’s murder in Northern Ireland’s most violent years 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z One participant, though, told reporters he seemed to be incessantly rubbing his arm, as if it were “benumbed.” Frederick Douglass died Feb. 20, 1895, just hours after his public makeup with Susan B. Anthony 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z You wonder if the sudden exposure to so much warmth and acceptance has sent her into shock, or if any feeling has even managed to penetrate her benumbed state. Andrea Riseborough brings complexity to an emotional void in the melancholic 'Nancy' 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z “Dunkirk” is a thriller that leaves you shaken but edified; “Detroit” is a horror movie that leaves you benumbed and depressed. From 'Dunkirk' to 'Detroit,' it was a summer of war at the movies 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z I attended and can assure you that, contrary to the glamorously edited videos in the show, they were malfunctioning, formless, benumbing ordeals. The Audacity of Robert Rauschenberg 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z ‘Say Nothing’ powerfully documents a society benumbed by trauma attempting to reckon with the abyss that engulfed it. Review: ‘Say Nothing’ reexamines a mother’s murder in Northern Ireland’s most violent years 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z In his medical text Compositiones, he recommends placing the electric ray Torpedo marmorata on the brow or under the feet, allowing it to discharge its electricity “until the patient's senses were benumbed”. Painful progress : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z Naturally, Fox did not question this outrageous assertion — in fact, it repeated it throughout the week — and most of us, long ago benumbed by the network’s serial mendacities, did not challenge Fox. Why serious people discount Fox News 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Perhaps some areas, including Klamath County, have become benumbed by the prolonged poor economy. Editorials from around Oregon 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z Invention is kept alive, and the mind is not suffered to fall into that drowsy stupidity, which, in a civilized society, seems to benumb the understanding of the people…. A Nation of Shopkeepers 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z And a humble suggestion for the icy, northwesterly breeze that so often benumbs New York City. Essay: The Wind Cries ... Oe? 2013-12-23T20:38:07Z An icy north wind, such as blows frequently in winter on these table-lands of the desert where there is intense radiation, benumbed their shivering bodies. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z Sleeping in the hot and almost fetid air had benumbed his brain. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z A benumbing superstition, an invention of priests for the enslavement of men and women. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z But Charles of Montsoreau had known few, so few, that he felt, as it were, stunned and benumbed by the weight of grief that now came upon him. Henry of Guise; (Vol. I of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:31.930Z With difficulty, benumbed, drenched, and exhausted, we managed to pick our way to camp, four miles below. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z His turban was twisted tightly round his head, and his benumbed feet dragged along the ground. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z Out of the untroubled surface rose the trunks of sickly looking and decayed trees, presenting amid the black and driving rain, a spectacle sufficient to chill and benumb the most manly heart. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z Next morning at daylight the men’s limbs were benumbed, and another spoonful of spirit was administered. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z The little whisky in the house was divided among the benumbed men, and more solid provision set before them. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z I was of course familiar with the benumbed and almost lethargic sensation of extreme cold.... The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z He was kept stripped four hours, and was so bruised and benumbed by the cold that his life was despaired of. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Weary, dispirited and benumbed, they then encamped, and without an axe, cooking utensils, or a tent to cover them, sat down on logs, and having kindled a feeble fire made their meagre repast. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z But I had not yet learned how the extremity of panic benumbs; or how strong is the cowardly instinct that binds the peaceful man to his hearth when blood flows in the streets. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z The night was cold for the time of year, and the keen wind pierced our garments and benumbed our limbs. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z Still he suffered in silence, and only his stillness and his unhealthy color betrayed the despair that gripped and benumbed his soul. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z The two remaining warriors bounded into the woods; but the women and children, benumbed with fright, had no power to escape, and one and all died shrieking under the hatchet of the miscreant. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z Terror is agitating and excessive fear, which usually benumbs the faculties. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z To make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; to stupefy; as, a hand or foot benumbed by cold. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Pure water must be placed near them in such a manner as to enable them to drink without getting into the water, which, by wetting their feathers, benumbs and injures them. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z The father awoke benumbed with fear, realizing that his son was calling upon him for immediate help. Legends of Gods and Ghosts (Hawaiian Mythology) Collected and Translated from the Hawaiian 2012-03-21T02:00:33.043Z The present meeting almost benumbed her with a feeling of reverence, awe, and gratitude. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z The girl stood for a moment, staring and benumbed. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z Made torpid; numbed; stupefied; deadened; as, a benumbed body and mind. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z This one distorts the beauty, degrades the sublimity, stultifies the meaning of the facts and the character wherein it has been founded, taking away all true grandeur from Jesus, benumbing our love and reverence. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z On October 27 the sun left them permanently for three months, and soon the bitter, benumbing cold of the arctic winter was felt by all. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z At last he became so benumbed and dazed that he could not help himself at all. The Iron Boys in the Mines or, Starting at the Bottom of the Shaft 2012-03-11T03:00:13.327Z The boy's faculties were still benumbed by the hardships which he had undergone; perhaps a little by the narcotic he had taken. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z Act of benumbing, or state of being benumbed; torpor. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z His benumbed brain was apparently beginning to work again. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z With extreme astonishment he found Anderson in a state of utter helplessness, already benumbed and certain soon to perish either from wolves or by freezing. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z His Senses seem torpid, or as it were benumbed. Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health 2012-03-10T03:00:11.780Z Her soul seemed to have departed with the first stroke of the benumbing malady; there was nothing but the breathing left. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z And it can never be finally benumbed, except by our own will. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z His belated release from slavery had left him with his wits benumbed and torpid. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z The seaman only asked in feeble voice "to be left alone to die," having reached that benumbed state so dangerous to a freezing man. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z Of course, I would not irritate him by opposition, but placed an ordinary chair before the fire, and, supporting him into it, held his head on my shoulder, while I chafed his benumbed hands. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z But, aside from the effect on the individual, what benumbing consequences are entailed upon the nation by the idleness of so large a number of its people. Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 2012-02-29T03:00:21.727Z Doubtless despair had benumbed Wibberley's mind, for he did not reply, and Burton Smith had to put his question more than once before he got an answer. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z The tellers were so benumbed with terror that they could not separate them or count them. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z Before he reached the middle of the river his arms were so benumbed by the cold water, which was only six degrees above the freezing-point, that he could no longer use them in swimming. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z My benumbed faculties grew clear; every sense became abnormally alert. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z This night bivouac, this vigil of the Pilgrims around their blazing camp-fire, the flames painting their bronzed faces, and sending a grateful warmth into benumbed bodies, was a subject worthy the pencil of Rembrandt. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z It was in winter time, and the poor man was quite benumbed with cold. Pine Needles 2012-02-20T03:00:19.367Z And, by severe subdivision of his time and thoughts, by unceasing prayers, and manual labour, he did, in about three months, succeed in benumbing the earthly half of his heart. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z It was five and a half hours after leaving their sleeping-bags before they were getting a spark of warmth into their benumbed limbs by steady travel over the arctic trail. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z Ah, what joy when Celia stands By the leaping blaze at last, Stooping low to warm her hands All benumbed with the blast, While we hide her cloak away, To assure us she shall stay! A Little Book of Old Time Verse Old Fashioned Flowers 2012-02-13T03:00:15.823Z They took him, exhausted with his exertions and benumbed with cold, to the fort, where he was kept close prisoner. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z I tumbled off my horse, Abbas Khan, the least sick of the men, with benumbed hands breaking my fall. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z Thus, until the day when Dorlan came, Columbia sat chained on the one side by benumbing pessimism and on the other by deferred hope. Unfettered A Novel 2012-02-12T03:00:15.143Z He was benumbed by sleeping on the damp ground in the hoar-frost. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z How comes this benumbed conscience and depraved practice! Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z Madame Godin lay for the space of twenty-four hours by the side of her exhausted and helpless brothers and companions: she felt herself benumbed, stupefied, senseless, yet at the same time tormented by burning thirst. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z But tired and benumbed as I am I much prefer a march with excitements and difficulties to the monotony of splashing through mud in warm rain. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z Her body recoiled in response to a like impulse of her soul that shrank from the benumbing misanthropism that sought to lay its cold dead fingers on her heart. Unfettered A Novel 2012-02-12T03:00:15.143Z We were all benumbed with cold, and glad that the crossing of an expanse of frozen streams rendered walking a necessity. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z His horse was being walked up and down by his orderly, who eyed the benumbed prisoner with a certain amusement as he passed him. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z It seemed to me then that the deadly quality of Taylorville lay waiting like a trap, which in my present benumbed condition might close on me if I put myself in the way of it. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z I had a balakhana, very cold, and was fairly benumbed for some time after the long cold march. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z They bore her to her own room, where, for more than a week, she lay benumbed by her grief, unconscious of everything, hovering between life and death. Woman and Artist 2012-01-10T03:00:14.960Z One horrible image filled my soul; one sense of anguish so strong, so terrible, that every other feeling,—every faculty of mind and body was benumbed in its grasp. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z Let us concede that and at the same time let us reserve the right to be cheerfully weary of systems where the "benumbed conceiving soars." The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z The effect of it was to throw me back into the benumbing sense of personal neglect with which the city had burst upon me. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z I was really half-frozen and quite benumbed, and though I had plenty of blankets and furs, had a long and severe chill, and another to-day. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z He circled into a swamp, and doubtless, after hours of wandering, sank down benumbed and hopeless, to be found by his friends a few hours later, still breathing but nearly lifeless. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z To Gordon's benumbed brain, at many a critical moment, he furnished the inspiration, and always the inspiration was a happy one. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z I could think of nothing, and the dismal prospect benumbed every faculty of my soul. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z We walked that day about eight miles to the Northward, when we were obliged to put up, being almost benumbed with cold. A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations 2011-12-26T03:00:13.520Z It is a day of rest, but as the door has to be open on the snow to let in light, my hands are benumbed with the damp cold. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z Then it was gone, leaving a leaden weight in Micky's breast, while the vapors rose sluggishly from his benumbed brain. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z There can be nothing so insufferable at a party as one of those people who seem determined to benumb your gayety by their sullen looks and their stiff manners. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z The chill from my cold bath so benumbed me that I had to dismount and lead the horse, to recover, by brisk walking, some portion of animal warmth. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z The intense cold, that soon began to benumb the senses of Sandie, seemed to have no deterrent effect on his efforts. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z At one period—the climax of the storm—if a hundred ibex or wolves had filed past the writer's post, his fingers were too benumbed by exposure to have handled the rifle. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z With a hesitating step, benumbed by lying in bed so long, he went forth from his house and seated himself on the brick-bench beneath the vine-arbour. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z Just now, even," continued David, "unless heat from the fire had penetrated your benumbed limbs, you would, perhaps, have died, yet how horrible are the ravages of fire! The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z Is she some queen whose haughty eye benumbs Proud potentates; whose word can lift the sea Of shattering war, and fling red misery Across the world?... Etain the Beloved and Other Poems 2011-11-27T03:00:13.943Z The people bestirred themselves, stretched their benumbed limbs, and shook their tumbled garments into shape. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z On her producing it, I was astonished to find it was a poor benumbed Swift. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z The night was dark, the sentinels of the castle benumbed with a philter, the ladder already clung close to the window, and the champing steeds were pawing the ground not very far away. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z These regain the shore, stumbling at every step, and stretch themselves on the sand, exhausted with fatigue, and their limbs benumbed by the electric shock of the gymnoti. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Twelve years have I spent, the currents of life benumbed by poverty; life and hope are over for me, but I think of Percy! The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z Placed in bed, and hot cordials being administered, the warmth gradually returned to our benumbed limbs, and we felt we were restored to life. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z One by one, and in the order in which they had been spoken, the words trickled into his benumbed consciousness. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z "Is it so, my daughter?" he asked in a benumbed voice. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z We would not employ the barbasco, that is to say, the roots of Piscidea erithryna and Jacquinia armillaris, which, when thrown into the pool, intoxicate or benumb these animals. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Try as he would his benumbed brain would not answer to his efforts. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z It was a work of some difficulty and time, when they came up, to extricate us from the ropes: our benumbed limbs and weakened frames rendered us incapable of making any effort ourselves. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z His hands were clasped, and his look altogether was that of one whose faculties were benumbed by awe or terror. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z He did nothing himself and benumbed his followers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z It was eating into her soul, and she could feel a kind of mental paralysis stealing over her from it, benumbing her faculties hour by hour. The Enchanted Barn 2011-10-13T02:00:50.933Z Then, replacing the telephones to his ears, he endeavoured to thaw his benumbed fingers in front of the electric-light globe. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z There we were on that bleak spot, with the shades of night fast settling down upon us, and ten oxen struggling in the benumbing waters: business enough, thought we. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z His eyes were turned toward the oak-trees, his mouth hanging open, his head bent down, his hands extended, stiff, and already almost benumbed. Iermola 2011-10-06T02:00:40.637Z I wished a short battle to convince me that I was not benumbed. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z The hilt of the whirling blade struck Phradates on the arm with such force that, with a cry of pain, he let fall the sword from his benumbed fingers. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Observing how completely the tissues were benumbed by the ether, he conceived the idea of bringing the entire system under its influence, thereby producing temporary insensibility in all the sensory nerves. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z She told her benumbed consciousness that she saw it all now. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z She could have cried aloud in thanksgiving for his apparent obliviousness to her as she crouched now neck deep in the benumbing cold. The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z His invariable cutaway intimidated Horace; the magnificence of his top hat dazzled the little cashier and benumbed his faculties of speech. The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z His own muscles were benumbed by the long strain. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z We are told that in winter Pliny was careful to provide him with a warm glove of peculiar make, that his fingers might not be too much benumbed to hold the stylus. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z Langdon stood in the office a moment later, his brain benumbed with drink and jealous fury, and saw his rival literally received into the open arms of another eager group. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z The same thing may be said of the gross ignorance and stupidity which in a civilized society seems so frequently to benumb the understanding of all the inferior ranks of people. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z Gusts of it froze the marrow in men's bones; the horses were barely able to stand in their places; men were benumbed. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z It was the first utterance of your silvery voice in lamentation that awakened my benumbed senses. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z There was a fire in it, and, benumbed with cold, they crowded round it in turns. Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 2011-09-09T02:01:02.147Z It was the herald of a grievous fever which was to seize him soon with such force that during its attacks he was benumbed altogether, so that his attendants had to rub him most actively. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z Suddenly he starts like one just awakened from sleep, a wondrously deep sleep which has benumbed all his limbs. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z If they could have been surprised at anything the warmth of the shore would have caused them to wonder, but they felt, in a measure, already dead, and their senses were benumbed. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z Given a free field, it always makes for the wider horizons, the higher planes of thought and action; it may even breathe new life into the benumbed conscience. The City of Numbered Days 2011-08-31T02:01:25.807Z Surely some benumbing influence must have been at work upon the colony. Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 2011-09-09T02:01:02.147Z The fathers were frightened, and the troops were benumbed from the threat. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z He made straight for his son, and, placing his muscular hand on his shoulder, shook him out of his benumbing stupefaction. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z "I should like to ask him to let me sit on some soldier's horse," said Mirski, "for my bones are benumbed." The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z Along the wall the sentries, as they paced, swung benumbed arms to start the sluggish blood coursing to warmth. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z He resigned himself to being ill, and waited for the disease, without doing anything to fight against it, benumbed under a kind of Oriental fatalism. The Pros and Cons of Vivisection 2011-08-23T02:00:31.033Z "Great minds of partial indulgence To their benumbed wills." Health Through Will Power 2011-08-18T02:00:20.367Z At the very moment when the presumptuous wretch uttered this blasphemy, a stony substance smote his shoulder, so that his arm hung down benumbed at his side. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z If only one did not have to think during the long periods of uncertainty and ignorance, and could somehow benumb the senses until the hours of darkness had passed! Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z If a book puts the critic to sleep, or so benumbs his faculties that he finds himself speechless, he has no call to proceed further in the matter. Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms 2011-08-12T02:00:23.033Z Night, fear, corpses, the noise of reeds, toil, and sleeplessness benumbed his thoughts. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Thus reminded, the benumbed one brought out the delayed box and Mr. Wallingford lit one of the cigars. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z What beauty there was in these spectacles was often lost upon our benumbed senses. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z "If only one did not have to think during the long periods of uncertainty and ignorance, and could somehow benumb the senses until the hours of darkness had passed!" Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z The night wind pierced his thin clothing, and his hands were benumbed with the cold. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 1893 2011-07-30T02:00:16.467Z The soldiers, though they had tried in vain the day before to count the fires, were benumbed now at the sight of this sea of heads. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Williams turned his face away and Starbuck tightened his benumbing grip upon the severed artery in the bared arm from which he had cut the sleeve. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z Not particularly anxious about the outcome of the storm, and with senses blunted by overwork and benumbed with cold, we sought the comfort of the bags. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z She stood in dismayed embarrassment, the chill of an unpleasant surprise benumbed her. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z The cold, sharp wind which had benumbed us at the sea-level was local, for, on the summit of the cape, it was perfectly calm. The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z At the same time there appeared a procession on the ramparts with the most holy sacrament in order to freshen the benumbed soldiers. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z At last he is off for Martinique, where work and even thought are still more impossible because of the benumbing heat. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z My senses at the time, as I have said, were vaguely benumbed. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z When something huge and hairy spread over him like a net, benumbing every nerve and muscle. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z The fact that the two were fastened together was of the utmost importance under the circumstances, for had they been separate he could never have clambered into one in his benumbed and exhausted condition. The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z At last his head fell upon his bosom, and he remained as if half asleep and half benumbed. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z But the benumbing influence is not the gravest danger; analogies of speech suggest a graver still. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z His master sat erect in the saddle and felt his benumbed faculties revived, as he communed with the storm. The Cavaliers of Virginia or, The Recluse of Jamestown. Vol. II 2011-07-18T02:00:20.080Z Now He lay in suffering on the ground, stretched upon the accursed timbers--half benumbed, like a stricken stag. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z And the order was not unnecessary, for it was some time ere the locksmith could be found, and, meantime the victim was benumbed nearly to death with cold. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z Then as the blood began to tingle in his veins, he sat up, looked round, and gently chafed his benumbed arms. Dutch the Diver A Man's Mistake 2011-07-15T02:00:21.010Z His spell of passion was broken and supplanted by a spell of benumbing terror. Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto 2011-07-13T02:00:17.480Z It almost broke her benumbed heart to send him away. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z He had the habit of stammering under excitement, and Tom's plan of escape had just popped into his benumbed brain. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z I was benumbed with cold, and was tempted to desert my post and make a run for camp. Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing 2011-07-09T02:00:15.543Z My thin blood seemed to suck up the cold until I was benumbed and almost unable to move the wheel. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z When night came the exhausted soldiers, drenched with rain and benumbed with cold, threw themselves upon the blood-stained snow, in the midst of the dying and of the dead. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z Her cold, benumbed hands trembled as she wiped them away. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z He gave orders that they should continue to work on the trenches, though the feet of the soldiers were benumbed, and their hands froze to the tools. Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character 2011-06-25T02:00:21.120Z Trembling with expectancy, she waited several minutes, then pulled again, and once more waited while the cold of dread spread from her heart to chill and benumb her hands and feet. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z At last I had him in my arms, but such was the tremendous vibration of his massive body that, although I plunged my thumbs through his gills, I was benumbed from head to heel. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z Straight to bed did Mrs. Watson put Harry when he was brought to the house, giving him warming drinks; while his chums rubbed his benumbed arms and legs. Harry Watson's High School Days The Rivals of Rivertown 2011-06-16T02:00:20.053Z She was benumbed, as if by a blow. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z With some men adversity quickens the imagination with fancies; with others it benumbs their faculties. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z His brain seemed to become a little cooler; the dulness of utter fatigue benumbed his faculties and mitigated his tribulation. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z But the sultriness was the breath and atmosphere of her own spirit, and everything beautiful which met her became to her to-day a benumbing poison-flower. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z Massingale had come so tempestuously, had gone so like a roaring blast, that she had felt swept up and whirled about in a revolving, benumbing cycle. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z Her attendant drugged into a senseless clod beside her, her faculties all benumbed, no eye to watch the tragedy, no hand to seize the villain—why did he not act out his instructions? Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z It is incomprehensible, that one should not be able to get the benumbed multitude, whose talk is an articulate snoring, to lift up their heavy eyelids when one demands of them. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z It was not long before Mary Magdalen began to have strange swimmings in the head and benumbing sensations along the course of all her nerves. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z Her fingers likewise were benumbed with the cold. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z Before, she had sought to break away, to escape recklessly from the depression that claimed her: now she sought it out, surrendering to this tristesse that whirled her on with its exquisite benumbing melancholy. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z The feelings and emotions that had been benumbed through the icy chill of circumstance, thawed within me. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z The cold was benumbing, and both were suffering. 'Neath the Hoof of the Tartar The Scourge of God 2011-05-26T02:00:15.987Z Suddenly a strange, benumbing, paralyzing sensation invaded the nerves of all present. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z Sloth benumbs and enervates the mind; regular work excites and strengthens it, and work is always in our power. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z "Not now," Nathalie answered, and, looking at the butterfly, she said pityingly, "a few drops and a little chilliness have benumbed the poor thing." Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z For a long time I felt benumbed; I had missed many near shots, even many at tigers, and some like this at night, but never before under such favorable circumstances. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z Oh Muse of my heart—so fond of palaces old, Wilt have—when New Year speeds its wintry blast, Amid those tedious nights, with snow o'ercast, A log to warm thy feet, benumbed with cold? The Flowers of Evil 2011-05-15T02:00:07.523Z But she replied: "Only in earlier years–but long ago it ceased to be so–did they make my eye-sockets burn and benumb my brain." Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography 2011-05-14T02:00:08.440Z With benumbed nerves of vision, and with flakes of color swimming before him, he passed on slowly into the wood, as into a dark minster, and his heart swelled even to devotion.... Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z Griswold’s “Poets and Poetry of America” and Thomas Buchanan Read’s “Female Poets of America” furnish evidence, equally conclusive, of the benumbing influence of slavery upon the intellect of a country. The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It 2011-05-10T02:00:59.100Z Then the big lever ground back into position, and Lem sat motionless with a horde of curious thoughts trailing across his benumbed brain. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z I was, as it were, benumbed and befogged; my ideas were shattered and turned upside down; but I remember I was, for some reason, very sad. White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z The shipwrecked sailors saw the light in Haley’s cottage and crept toward it, benumbed with cold and overcome with the horror and fatigue of their experience. The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z One night, as he was returning from a house-raising, he and two or three friends found a man in the ditch benumbed with the cold, and his patient horse waiting beside him. Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z And when my clothes were wet, I had no fire to dry them; so that my body was benumbed with cold, and my fingers swelled, that one was grown as big as two.” A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z When he emerged from the "black hole of Calcutta," he was thinner, chalk-hued, and benumbed of brain, but unrelenting, and "Big Pete" knew there was a demerit across his record. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z Just being beside that girl after her long absence was intoxicating, benumbing his mind, stifling in him all thought and action, creating a thralldom which was at once agony and peace. I Conquered 2011-04-15T02:00:19.800Z The Belle electrifies the world with such persevering attacks on their nervous system, that it becomes absolutely benumbed. Tales from Blackwood Volume 9 2011-04-15T02:00:18.057Z Sometimes he ran down a neighboring alley, whipping his hands about him to keep his blood in circulation, lest he be benumbed. Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z A little bird flew for assistance, Away to the townlet of Zoar; But benumbed it fell down in the distance, It smelt so, it fluttered no more. Gaudeamus! Humorous Poems 2011-04-14T02:01:01.217Z Did not the chill Of age, perhaps of death, benumb my limbs, My watchful feet, accustomed to the path, Had led me to the spot. Joan of Arc A Play in Five Acts 2011-04-14T02:00:57.593Z His soul seemed to be groping in blackness and a dreadful sickening depression benumbed his senses. The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z He told all this to his benumbed consciousness, but it failed to revivify the soul within him. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z Overwhelmed with the loss of his idol, he seemed benumbed, with no care whether he was made a prisoner or not. Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z In the crushing coil of circumstance that was every moment tightening about him the Bishop's great calm faith in the goodness of his Maker seemed to be benumbed. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z My limbs were so benumbed that I had something to do to get up and seat myself. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z I fell into a heavy sleep before they left the room, and when I awoke I was benumbed and very listless. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z He took her arm, and in almost benumbed astonishment led her out to his buggy in front. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z Dec. 21, 1850, she went beyond; and Bayard Taylor at twenty-six was alone in the world, benumbed, unfitted for work of any kind. Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z His faculties were benumbed, and not even pain, the pain of Ewan's loss, could yet penetrate the dead blank that lay between him and a full consciousness of the awful event. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z The arm, which was benumbed, gradually became sensitive, and at last the fingers could move, and the pill dropped off. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z These fairs are curious places, and have a benumbing effect upon the brain. One Year Abroad 2011-03-27T02:00:18.457Z "Oh, I don't mind!" she answered, and she bent down and began to fumble the strings of her shoes; but the water had drawn the knot tight and her fingers were benumbed with cold. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z While Everett and Victoriano held him up, Gabriel loosened the coil, rubbing briskly and hard the benumbed arms to start circulation by friction, moving them up and down. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z He saw nothing but the misery and degradation of it all; his heart was benumbed by anger. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z Clinging to the bulwarks, stumbling at every step, half drenched with water and benumbed with cold, she scrambled on for some distance. Unlucky A Fragment of a Girl's Life 2011-03-24T02:00:14.360Z The legs and feet of the men were so benumbed, that I was very apprehensive of the consequence. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. II 2011-03-24T02:00:13.247Z The females having been landed, Bacon desiring Virginia to sit by the still benumbed Mrs. Jamieson, returned for his horses, which were led by the side of the boat without any difficulty. The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 1 of 2 or, The Recluse of Jamestown; An historical romance of the Old Dominion 2011-03-23T02:00:21.287Z They are benumbed with the cold, I suppose.” The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z Gradually, and very slowly, the warm sunshine penetrates the crushed blades, awakening and strengthening within them the benumbed forces of youth. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z This paralysed the faculties, so that even the bravest found his limbs benumbed and his brain bewildered. The Great White Army 2011-03-12T03:00:25.450Z The weather was cloudy and raw, and as the circumstances of this day's voyage had compelled us to be frequently in the water, which was cold as ice, we were almost in a benumbed state. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. II 2011-03-24T02:00:13.247Z From the garden breathed a benumbing odour, and from the far distance floated towards the pair, like a yearning sigh, the song of the Venetian night-minstrels. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z The weather had been intensely cold for the last two days, so that the benumbed animals could scarcely walk in the early morning, but now the air felt warmer. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z By the force of kindness she will “disenchant the captives,” and “then millions of slaves shall leap in joy as the benumbing cramp of ages shall leave their limbs.” The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources 2011-03-08T03:00:45.010Z His restlessness has vanished with his last gleam of hope; sensation is benumbed, the burning pain has gone. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z He then swam to another house in which he found a pair of pantaloons—the only article of clothing he had to protect him from the cold, which he now felt benumbing. The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry With Legends of the Surrounding Country 2011-03-04T03:00:59.137Z "I must beg you not to allude to my grandmother in that way!" she exclaimed, conscious of a benumbing, nervous pain at the remembrance of her terrible, sordid existence with this man. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z I know of nothing more benumbing to us as citizens than this deprivation. The Negro and the elective franchise. A Series Of Papers And A Sermon (The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers, No. 11.) 2011-03-03T03:00:50.323Z Just such words had he formerly found for her--at that time--in those old days, when he still loved her--and a stream of new, animating warmth crept through her benumbed heart. Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z She wore a red crape gown, red as flickering fire, red as benumbing poppy-blossoms, very d�collet�e, and its decided colour heightened the white, pearly lustre of the girl's neck and arms. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z He held strong convictions regarding the deeper mysteries of life; his faculties were benumbed by this utter defiance of all that he believed most firmly. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z “O the beautiful touch of Death, soothing and benumbing a few moments, for reasons!” The Letters of Anne Gilchrist and Walt Whitman 2011-02-26T03:00:49.377Z When he left the house, Wegen was not at all in the mental condition of a rejected candidate for matrimony, which is indeed one of the most crushing which paralyses and benumbs mortal nerves. Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:17.540Z The joy of the meeting with her brother has fled, a great depression benumbs her whole being. Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z Every time that the drone of the biplane's engine rose to a crescendo the spy's finger-nails cut into the palms of his benumbed hands. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z Darkness was around him, and the stream, flowing down its channel, dripped over on to the stones, and plashed upon his almost benumbed feet. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z Ancient as they were, conventional as, in a sense, they also were, they exercised none of the deadening, benumbing influence of ordinary conventions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Germany had been offered emancipation at the hands of her enlightened and gracious Emperor Joseph, but so spiritless and benumbed had she become that she could not understand his message. A Short History of Germany 2011-02-14T03:00:40.360Z How benumbed she still stood on the same spot where he had shaken her off from him--he had shaken her off! Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z Grasping the benumbed man's wrists he exerted his full strength in an attempt to extricate him. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z She was ill, benumbed, chilled with the cold; darkness was coming on; she knew not where to turn, and finally, in an agony of desperation, she sought the home of Mrs. Heminway. That Affair at Elizabeth 2011-02-14T03:00:36.587Z The Princess had listened in silence, benumbed, as it were, by amazement which grew with every minute, and was roused even more by her son's manner than by what he said. Under a Charm, Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-14T03:00:34.173Z How could this starved, benumbed, frightened wreck of a great army stand before the Cossacks? A Short History of Germany 2011-02-14T03:00:40.360Z When she has gone a few steps, frightened at the terrible silence that seems to have enwrapped him, benumbing his very senses, she turns to regard him once more. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z Kirkwood's exclamation was occasioned by the binoculars slipping from his benumbed fingers and falling to the ground. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z Just as the surgeons and attendants, with the wounded general, reached the little boat, the huzzas of the troops fell upon his benumbed ears. The Niagara River 2011-02-08T03:00:09.703Z But how From this benumbing passion shall I free myself? Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman 2011-02-06T03:00:58.870Z He was, as yet, benumbed, paralyzed by the icy clasp of the inevitable. Vestigia Vol. II. 2011-02-04T03:00:22.950Z This war has made us suffer so much that in spite of cheery optimism we are almost benumbed in Great Britain. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z Ordered aloft on a winter's night to furl the topsail of the schooner "Pride o' Salcombe," he was benumbed with the piercing cold as he lay along the lee yard-arm. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z The ancients were acquainted with the benumbing power of the torpedo-fish, but it was not till 1676 that modern naturalists had their attention again drawn to the fact. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z So passed the long and dismal night; the men getting such comfort as they could from rubbing and chafing their benumbed and frost-bitten limbs. Vermont riflemen in the war for the union, 1861 to 1865 A history of Company F, First United States sharp shooters 2011-01-28T03:00:21.780Z Maseden, like the others, was watching the encroaching water-line in a benumbed way when he became aware that Nina was speaking. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z His face was thin, pinched, and purple with the cold, his fingers red and benumbed, his teeth chattering either with fear or cold. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z You saw their pale worn faces, their hands benumbed with cold, their thin clothes. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z Proceeding further into the wood, they gathered some boughs, and soon the cheerful blaze afforded them sufficient heat to dry their frozen clothing and to warm their benumbed and freezing bodies. The Spy of the Rebellion Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army during the Late Rebellion, 2011-01-17T03:00:42.913Z Afterwards, when he tried to think of it, his senses were simply benumbed. The Golden Web 2011-01-15T03:00:38.007Z Also it seemed to her that she could hear a slight noise which, in her benumbed wits, assumed a hostile significance. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z The result was that "trench feet"—feet benumbed with the cold and the wet—were almost unknown in the Division. The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z Our hearts were benumbed with grief, and had no taste for happiness. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z "We shall perish of cold here," he exclaimed, springing up and down to warm his benumbed blood, while the wet ends of his yellow neckerchief flapped about his forehead. Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution 2011-01-06T03:00:50.873Z Was it remarkable that happiness should benumb him and rob him of his senses? The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z When the benumbed or listless fingers part and release that key four times, Santa Cruz gives the rousing signal, the guerrilleros start to their feet, and the line of march is again taken up. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z If the sentiment of the Irish people at home had not been with England in this war, the depressing and benumbing effect would have been felt everywhere in the self-governing Dominions. The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z He even had the forethought to pack two pairs of skates, that they might, when they came to a stream, race with each other over the ice and thus warm their benumbed feet. The Baron's Sons 2010-12-20T17:12:02.667Z She tried to plan what she should do in case she had been entirely abandoned, but her brain, usually so active, seemed benumbed. Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution 2011-01-06T03:00:50.873Z The iciness benumbing her neck crept into her arms and spread down to her very finger tips. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z The girl was all benumbed, and it was only in a voice scarcely audible that she could say, “Oh, yes! warm, darling little pigeon mine, Morozushko!” Russian Fairy Tales From the Skazki of Polevoi 2010-12-20T17:11:44.353Z “Crossfire” is also the name of Mr. Alam’s ambitious new installation at the Drik Gallery in Dhaka, which he hopes will jolt the benumbed psyche of his countrymen. Where Death Squads Struck in Bangladesh 2010-03-16T14:50:00Z Hence, if we could benumb the surface, certain of the lesser operations might be undergone without great inconvenience. A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers Others, benumbed, and exhausted by excessive toil, straggled in the rear, and sunk down in the snow-drifts, or disappeared in the treacherous ravines and crevices, which, under their glittering mantle, lay concealed from the eye. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies The voices, however, after a lengthy conversation, suddenly ceased, and gently moving to the fire, she sat quietly down to heat her icy limbs, that were almost benumbed with cold. Irene Iddesleigh Passengers inside huddled together, stamping benumbed feet and wishing for the journey's end. A Blot on the Scutcheon Memorial Verses:— ‘He found us when the age had bound Our souls in its benumbing round,’ etc. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil There they stood in long files exhaling the odour of fustian and warming their benumbed fingers on their coffee-mugs. The Undying Past Through that long and dreadful night, nothing but this pious feeling could have sustained me; for my limbs were benumbed and cramped; my tongue still almost filled my mouth, and pained me. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 I lay, as though in sleep, until night had gathered round me, and when I arose, cold and benumbed, my delirium had passed away. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 I have already travelled fifteen miles in the storm, and am now so benumbed and exhausted that I cannot move another step. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 The shades of evening had forced the females to retire, benumbed with cold, long before my accustomed visit. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 Bitterly did I regret my curiosity, as well as the bondage my arm was in from its long confinement; it was benumbed and painful. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 The day dawned," resumed Robert Musgrave, "and I was still wandering—fainting, trembling, cold, and benumbed. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 The wind howled around me—I felt impatient and benumbed—and, as I stood irresolute, with a moaning chime the church bell knelled upon my ear. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 In politics they are a breed of mongrels or neutrals, and benumbed with a general torpor. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams The firing had for a long time ceased; and I was dragged out more dead than alive, benumbed and bruised. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 Perhaps 'tis this most biting and benumbing blast, that brings me such phantoms. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico All his bodily senses were greatly deranged, and all his intellectual faculties benumbed. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician More and more slowly he walked, half-forgetting the benumbing ache of cold, the rush and whirl of the surrounding snow. Dick's Desertion A Boy's Adventures in Canadian Forests The limbs of the unfortunate chief were so benumbed by his severe handling and the tightness of the ropes with which he was bound, that he fell upon the floor. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies He reached it, lifted the latch, and remembered no more until he found his mother and Jeanie hanging over him and chafing his benumbed limbs. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 But about the latter hung no benumbing self-consciousness. The Valiants of Virginia Without a word she performed her sad duties, and listened benumbed to the wandering talk of the invalid—Susanna and the child, and ever again Susanna. A Sister's Love A Novel He felt a benumbing realisation of his own loneliness, and of the smallness of man's aims and hopes when confronted with the impassive greatness of nature. Dick's Desertion A Boy's Adventures in Canadian Forests But after too long a strain men become exhausted, benumbed, indifferent—reckless even. The Nerve of Foley And Other Railroad Stories It is because there is an empty past which rings to the touch like an empty bowl, a lack of practice which benumbs your arms, a sort of shame.... Woman Winthrope’s shriek, instead of spurring her to action, only confused her the more and benumbed her faculties. Into the Primitive He did not answer, but looked at her, almost benumbed. A Sister's Love A Novel He was benumbed, mind and body, with the cold. Dick's Desertion A Boy's Adventures in Canadian Forests He must come to some distinct understanding with Helene without delay, in order that he might be strengthened in his struggle against his treacherous senses and benumbing doubt. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers This calamity had fallen upon him like lightning from a clear sky and benumbed him, so to speak. Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch It was a poor jest, but only a jest, and he was benumbed at its effect. The Gay Adventure A Romance All this is not necessary; something of the same barbarism benumbs our life which we perceive with astonishment in the time of Christian Garve. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. Oh," murmured Polidori, "my arm becomes benumbed—a deathlike coldness seizes on me—my knees tremble under me—my blood freezes in my veins—my head whirls around. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 6 of 6 I sank down into a chair, benumbed in body and bewildered in mind. The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec But it had not benumbed those about him. Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch He threw himself upon the low sofa and spread his cloak over his benumbed limbs. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II It is the disease of a rightly-gifted, genial nature, whose volition has been crushed by the horrors of war and the struggles of fate, and whose warm heart has been benumbed. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. The mourner's soul was still benumbed with grief, and the same dull stupor rested upon him as the party returned home. The Children of the World I felt benumbed all over, but he held me like a vice. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I R�nnaug was standing on the back porch, benumbed with the cold; she did not wish to intrude, she said. Magnhild Dust Resolutely casting off the torpor which had benumbed his brain after parting from the woman he loved, Dalroy looked about him. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 But the long pressure of the ligaments had so benumbed her limbs that she was unable to stand upon her legs and forced her to drop upon her knees. The Branding Needle, or The Monastery of Charolles A Tale of the First Communal Charter He had sunk down on the sofa and his eyes were closed as if a stroke of apoplexy had benumbed his brain. The Children of the World Gr�goire opened the door and led the horse to the stable, while the traveller entered, stamping on the floor as if to warm his benumbed feet. Marguerite de Valois But when the little fellow found himself in the arms of another, he began to cry: "Mamma, mamma!" and stretched forth his benumbed hands toward her. Magnhild Dust Obtain for me the grace to be preserved from a sudden and unprovided death; assist me in my agony, when my senses are benumbed and I am in the throes of death. Mary, Help of Christians And the Fourteen Saints Invoked as Holy Helpers: Instructions, Novenas and Prayers with Thoughts of the Saints for Every Day in the Year It had pierced the thick cloth of my trousers, and two thicknesses of underclothing, but had not broken the skin, leaving me with an enormous bruise, that for a time benumbed the entire leg. Reply of the Philadelphia Brigade Association to the Foolish and Absurd Narrative of Lieutenant Frank A. Haskell The activity of the animal world affords no diversion, the benumbing strokes of materialism lose their effect. The Progressionists, and Angela. Perhaps she is not naturally stupid; but indulgence and indolence have so benumbed her understanding, that it seems now incapable of the smallest effort. Stories for Helen With a vivid physical consciousness, she could still feel the pressure of his cold lips upon her hand; but her mental sensations were benumbed. The Gambler A Novel It is a most significant fact that the Chinese themselves recognize the truth that their school system tends to benumb the mental faculties, turning the teachers into machines, and the pupils into parrots. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology Every now and then a man would call out “Congler, congler,” and jumping into the boat rub his shins, which had been benumbed by a touch from one of these fish. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 The air was perfectly still, but the frost gripped each limb with benumbing fury. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop This hand hangs as if dead by my benumbed side. The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise Well wrapped up in furs in a good carriage, the sight of a beggar, benumbed with cold, sitting on the stone steps of an empty house, doubles his comfort. Rambles in Womanland It is so clearly pleased that which is benumbed and articulate and if in replying there is the indication of a sentence then surely the whole thing is hurled. Geography and Plays Her eyes are full of tears, but she feels benumbed, spiritless, without power to shed them. Faith and Unfaith It was evident that they were so benumbed by the forced restraint in which they had so long been kept, that he had lost all power over them. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa Not a sound escaped her lips; not a tear fell from her eye; all her faculties were benumbed and shattered. On the Heights A Novel I have known painters whose faculties were positively benumbed by the presence of their wives. Her Royal Highness Woman Vividly alive to the one bright point still burning in the past, toward the present world he seemed absolutely benumbed. The Day of His Youth It had pierced the thick cloth of my trowsers and two thicknesses of underclothing, but had not broken the skin, leaving me with an enormous bruise that for a time benumbed the entire leg. The Battle of Gettysburg I caught at his clutching hand and sought to rally from that benumbing stupor. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois Anton stood for a time benumbed, then knocked at her door, and spoke lovingly to her. Landolin He was not only sure, now, that he had taken a wrong road, but that nameless distress of his lady had left his desire benumbed. Ewing\\'s Lady Groping about, our friend at last succeeded in getting on a rock half out of the water, and hung there for hours, with his person benumbed from head to foot, and his senses paralysed. Into the Unknown A Romance of South Africa Men benumb themselves in work, in pleasure, in the foolery of morality, as it is termed. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine She sat as one who hath just received a heavy blow with the flat side of a sword,—dazed and benumbed and still incapable of raising protest against the causer of the pain. With Ring of Shield The life of language has become benumbed and extinct in those words or portions of words which show the first traces of this phonetic mould. Lectures on The Science of Language So benumbed was her spirit that she suffered little even at the moment of hurried parting from Virginia. Ewing\\'s Lady For more than two hours he wandered about in that half-frenzied state, and at length, benumbed and exhausted, he turned homeward. One Of Them A furious snow-storm overtook the voyagers, who, benumbed with cold, wished they were only back again under the hurricane-deck of the Polar King. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar What, to stand On the lush margent of the gusty stream, With feet benumbed, and watch the bobbing quill, And then to dine al fresco—not for Jacques! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, July 23, 1887. No pain tormented me, and no torpor benumbed my faculties. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. And then he took one of the blankets from the mattress and folded it up for a seat, and sat down upon it near the fire, and stretched his benumbed hands over the blaze. Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" He, with no small difficulty,—for he was nearly benumbed with cold,—extricated a sixpence from his pocket and tendered it. One Of Them The latter seemed as though his arm were benumbed, merely gave a shoulder-thrust at his invulnerable opponent. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels Here the Indians chafed his benumbed limbs, and having restored the vital heat, Smith inquired for their chief, and they pointed him to Opechancanough, the great chief of Pamunkey. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia Surprise gave place quickly to admiration—that to something more human—pity followed close in the rear, and love, triumphant everywhere, paralyzed the muscles, benumbed the faculties, and captured the souls of his victims. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. Butterflies and the grand host of smaller flies are benumbed every night, but they hover and dance in the sunbeams over the meadows before noon with no apparent lack of playful, joyful life. My First Summer in the Sierra Doors snapped open and as Lee staggered out somewhat benumbed in limb and head, his eyes grew big as they met the most unexpected sight. The Brain Las Casas and the rest of his men, after wandering about the country for two days benumbed with wet and cold, without a morsel of food to eat, were all taken prisoners by Oli's troops. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. And so Silas turned, half benumbed, worked his way nearly out of the gorge, and started as he heard, or thought he heard, a baby's scream. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Ten Christmas stories Finishing, they ran into the house with benumbed fingers and cheeks aflame. The Automobile Girls at Chicago or, Winning Out Against Heavy Odds "I see nothing, and if I go on much farther this way, I shall feel nothing either, I am so benumbed with cold and rain already." The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago Outside its windows the rain fell and the wind blew: the house was like a thing benumbed by the angry noise. Toilers of the Sea His benumbed brain clung to this idea, and he began to stumble toward shore, his snowshoes sheets of ice, and his clothes rattling as he went. Northern Diamonds If his ankle troubled him, he was not aware of it; it would need sharp agony to penetrate the aura of dull, interminable misery that benumbed his consciousness. The Destroying Angel Work is the only thing that comforts me, my friend; plenty of occupation, which benumbs a sensitive heart. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 Your Grace’s subjects pine away even unto their death, their colour fadeth, their flesh rotteth, their speech is benumbed, their senses are bereft; I pray God they never practise further than upon the subject.... Witch Stories In a moment more the pans might crush him, or he might be so benumbed that he could make no further effort to help himself. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North Macgregor indeed had seen a partridge, but his muscles had been so benumbed that he missed his throw. Northern Diamonds Thunderings benumbed him, and he began to strangle before it passed.... The Destroying Angel Will any assistance to memory, counterweigh the annihilation or benumbing of the instinct of pity? Vivisection I had never before felt its influence so insinuating, so benumbing, so irresistible! Eleven days in the militia during the war of the rebellion A journal of the 'Emergency' campaign of 1862 He was so benumbed that he could not help in the rescue. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North It was patent, even to her benumbed wits, that they had been arrested. The Bartlett Mystery But the cold had so attacked my head that I was benumbed. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun The revelation had been benumbing in its unexpectedness, and as she leaned against the book-case, an immense pity enveloped her, and she forgot her sorrow and herself. Eden An Episode I sat benumbed with sorrow, a vague desire for the breaking day my only thought. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I Dulce's wretched fingers are getting absolutely benumbed in the cold water, yet she seems to feel nothing. Portia or By Passions Rocked Many minutes elapsed before Senator Meiklejohn’s benumbed brain could assimilate the facts of a truly extraordinary story. The Bartlett Mystery After the despair comes a benumbed, heavy brooding, in which the 'crisis' takes place; and then the condition passes into a gentle sorrow, in which Nature knows how to apply her remedies efficaciously. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. For the moment she was benumbed, out-wearied with effort and enervated by the strain and depletion of force. Eden An Episode She realized the situation at a glance; and though the awfulness of it benumbed her, she did, dry-eyed and mechanically, what she knew must be done. Checkers A Hard-luck Story For the cold had now a reviviscent tang—not the bleak, benumbing, icy deadness of the winter's thrall. The Story of Old Fort Loudon Shaken by the chloroform mixture, benumbed as the outcome of an unprotected drive, the girl was physically as well as mentally unable to resist. The Bartlett Mystery I stood on the brink of an abyss, and you held me fast when the fatal giddiness had wellnigh benumbed my senses. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. Her head reels; all her senses seem benumbed. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 Suddenly, while an oppressive dream was benumbing my pain, a hellish uproar awoke me. Eyes Like the Sea After this duty was performed, the young man fell into a state of dull despair which benumbed every faculty. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge Bower, stupefied and benumbed, though the sun was shining brilliantly, and a constant dripping from the pine branches gave proof of a rapid thaw, listened like one in a trance. The Silent Barrier My arms, now that the weight of my body was taken from them, felt if possible more benumbed. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III I say, with all the resolution, with all the exertion of every one of those good feelings which you would sear and benumb. The Lawyers, A Drama in Five Acts I was aroused from my benumbing stupor by a frightful yell, the shout of thousands and thousands of men: 'Saint Andrew's Church is burning!' Eyes Like the Sea It is Kundry, whom he carries completely benumbed out of the thicket. Life of Wagner Biographies of Musicians I sold a fair number of books, though my hands were too much benumbed almost to be able to hand the books out. James Gilmour of Mongolia His diaries, letters, and reports "Blast ye," said the Old Man, shaking his benumbed arms towards the sou'-west. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea There they picked her up, benumbed with misery. Ditte: Girl Alive! The door was soon fastened, and then she assisted in restoring the circulation to my partially benumbed limbs. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 And when he presses her to his benumbed bosom, when a gentle glow pervades his veins, where then is his ice and his snow? Weird Tales, Vol. II. I made some attempts at preaching, but the muscles were also benumbed—that day was a cold day. James Gilmour of Mongolia His diaries, letters, and reports The poor Sibyl, as she sits benumbed by her hearth of leaves, scourged by the flaying north-east winds, feels at her heart a cruel pang, for she feels herself all alone. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages The prospect of being again taken to the desert, seemed to have so benumbed the intellect of both, as to leave them incapable of emotion. The Boy Slaves Quite benumbed by the cold, I left the place that had been assigned to me and sought shelter deeper in the wood. Weird Tales. Vol. I Thus situated, her prospect became each moment more desperate; her candle was nearly extinguished! and every limb so benumbed with cold, that she had the greatest difficulty in keeping her saddle. Apparitions; or, The Mystery of Ghosts, Hobgoblins, and Haunted Houses Developed Some of the days I spent in the markets were so very cold that my muscles seemed benumbed, and speech even was difficult. James Gilmour of Mongolia His diaries, letters, and reports It was imbedded in the thick part of the skull, and its pressure on the brain had benumbed the intellectual faculties, producing all the phenomena of idiocy. Dainty's Cruel Rivals The Fatal Birthday My mind revolts at the reverence for foreign authors, which stifles inquiry, restrains investigation, benumbs the vigor of the intellectual faculties, subdues and debases the mind. Noah Webster American Men of Letters All his faculties were benumbed, and he seemed to be walking in a dream. Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches A few days after he began to go out, he dined at a tavern, and returned home about three o'clock of a very cold morning, benumbed and intoxicated. Home Life of Great Authors More benumbing still than the frost of the autumn night was the consciousness of his misery. Jena or Sedan? They offered all there was left of an emotion that still ran deep and strong within but that outwardly had been benumbed by three years of nerve-rack and war-weariness. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" It hurts me when I see thee thus, benumbed By all these overladen moments, that Scarce walk upright beneath their heavy burden. The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature For seconds that seemed like hours he did not answer Mr. Stevens' question and then he managed to get a few words across his benumbed lips. The Mark of the Knife And again slumber intervened, interrupted by showers of salt spray which sharply stung the face and benumbed the features ... The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 Surely his limbs must have been benumbed and this brain addled! Jena or Sedan? The entire party seemed benumbed for the moment, then Fairfax sprang to the door of the lean-to. Peggy Owen and Liberty While thus exposed, and suffering from cold and hunger, a little benumbed bird, not larger than a snow-bird, hopped within my reach. Thirty-Seven Days of Peril from Scribner's Monthly Vol III Nov. 1871 He swam feebly, as if benumbed and wearied. Happy Days for Boys and Girls An additional stranger entered the kitchen where I sat, drenched with rain and benumbed with cold; and, after many difficulties upon the side of the hostess, the same arrangements were made for him. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative The older a man is, within limits of course, the more interesting he should be, and is, unless he has weakly allowed age to benumb him before his time. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography Through him, his race a moment lifted up Forests of hands to Beauty as in prayer; Touched through his lips the sacramental Cup, And then sank back—benumbed in our bleak air. The Lord of Misrule And Other Poems I could only keep from freezing by the most active exertion in walking, rubbing, and striking my benumbed feet and hands against the logs. Thirty-Seven Days of Peril from Scribner's Monthly Vol III Nov. 1871 Thus science solidifies a poetic-moral yearning, once held imprisoned in the benumbing shell of theological dogma, and reflects its morality in the poetic expression of the monogamic family. Woman under socialism Compelled by hunger, I entered a lonely house at a distance from the public road, and, for payment, obtained some refreshment, and got my benumbed limbs warmed. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative Long benumbing hours of grimy work, sordid homes amid daily and hourly scenes of filth and shame!” In the Heart of a Fool From this strange wrestling in spirit he rose benumbed, yet calmed, as one who feels that he has made his last effort and can do no more. The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales When a person is found benumbed with cold, and almost or quite insensible, he should be taken into a cold room, the clothing removed, and friction commenced and continued for some time, with snow. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) Too benumbed, perhaps, to turn, he glides on, helpless as an ice-boat before the wind. The Gates Between At the seaside, or down by some well, the younger sailors take it in turn to fill the buckets, until they are wet through and their arms benumbed. Skipper Worse But the noise inflamed rather than benumbed the tumult in her soul. The Gorgeous Isle A Romance; Scene: Nevis, B.W.I. 1842 It would have been impossible to express what was in her mind, so paralyzed and benumbed was it by the heavy blow which had suddenly fallen. The Fifth of November A Romance of the Stuarts What treatment should be adopted when a person is benumbed with cold? A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) My legs, immersed as they were in icy-cold water, were cramped and benumbed, so that I had no feeling in them, while my hands were wet and cold, and my head hot as fire. The Sign of Silence I found myself a little tired, and very much benumbed, barefooted, en chemise, and not able to see ten yards before me, it was so dark. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 29, May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly In everything, habit benumbs the imagination; new objects alone quicken it again. Émile or, Concerning Education; Extracts Broadfoot, with a happier fate, had already yielded up his spirit; Somerset, sensible, but helplessly benumbed, was lingering through the tedious hours, to die in the morning, knolled by the shouts of victory. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 Now there was the chant of a heart-free nature engaged again in vigorous toil, in wresting the recurrent glory of surging life and hope from the powers of darkness and bitter, benumbing cold. The Peace of Roaring River All I am aware of is that when I returned to a knowledge of things about me I had a feeling that my limbs were benumbed and cramped. The Sign of Silence Is there not some danger, we ask, that the mind will be benumbed into perpetual torpidity by the influence of this soporific sapience? Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) After hours of fearsome and benumbing travel, Jenny stumbled with me into the little home town. Trail Tales But," added she, indifferently, "this one was young, and already benumbed, for the water begins to be cold. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 There I paused irresolute, my dazed, benumbed brain beginning to grasp the situation, and assert itself. Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West His brain cleared, his pulse grew stronger, and the feeling of benumbing weakness which dismayed him passed away. Money Magic A Novel Josè, benumbed by the shock and bewildered by the sudden precipitation of events, accompanied Rosendo to the jail and mutely watched the procedure as Fernando secured the old man’s bare feet in the rude stocks. Carmen Ariza That is, it was the same kind of matter of indifference that pain becomes in a limb that has grown benumbed. The Side Of The Angels A Novel We are living so rapidly that some are benumbed, others intoxicated by the rush of events. The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone The idea fixed itself in his benumbed brain; bars meant prison! Astounding Stories, March, 1931 She was appalled and benumbed by the thought that she was soon to look upon him lying prone. Money Magic A Novel Josè, bewildered and benumbed, staggered into his sleeping room and sank upon the bed. Carmen Ariza The truth of this position is seen in the fact that in a swoon, when all the senses are benumbed, the mind is utterly unconscious of its surroundings. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 She obeyed these ocean voices like a little child; her powers of reasoning were gone; all consciousness of pain or danger benumbed; everything else had rejected her, but the great ocean was strong, boundless. A Noble Woman They do; how greatly then they must be tortured, or for what a length of time they must have suffered to become benumbed. Amaryllis at the Fair A tramp, wider awake or less benumbed by liquor than his fellows, heard the sounds from the river and called the attention of companions. Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life The blows which had fallen, one after another, upon his keen, raw nerves had left him benumbed. Carmen Ariza He was lying flat on a hard floor when remembrance crept slowly back to his benumbed brain. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 She could not speak; amazement had absorbed all the powers of her mind, and benumbed the principle of will and action. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. The air was still with a winterly touch, benumbed with cold, yet every sound rang sharply through that clear cloudless atmosphere, reddened without being warmed by the sun as it approached the west. The Doctor's Family Diana's senses were benumbed; she no longer recognised the forms of things, nor their possible hard edges, nor the perspectives of time. Diana He did not remember undoing the straps with benumbed and aching fingers. Rescue Squad Those terrible cries that rent the air were the first sounds that Dorothy heard as her benumbed brain gained consciousness. Pretty Madcap Dorothy Or, How She Won a Lover The well known voice recalls her scattered ideas, and its magic sound awakens her benumbed sensations to fresh warmth and life. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. He wondered how she was passing the evening, whether, from under the benumbing effects of the blow she had suffered, she were still sending a thought, a hope for success in his direction. The Dominant Strain The consciousness of the truth pressed upon her to benumbing; but she was utterly unable to separate points or look at the connection of them. Diana The Shadow rolls into our caves; our brain is benumbed by its caresses; it closes the porches of the ear, and gently strikes down our warring members. Melomaniacs Dazed and benumbed, her thoughts were in a hopeless tangle, without beginnings, without ends. The Heart of Thunder Mountain He wanted to resist; he wanted to cry out and tell her the truth, but a strange, leaden powerlessness benumbed him. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas Strange to say, there had been no benumbing effect of her sorrow. The Dominant Strain Desperately he fought against the benumbing sensation that was even again stealing over him. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 It is the very antithesis of democracy--blighting, benumbing, paralyzing to all aspiration and all effort at change or improvement. Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions She groped her way to the bed, for she was becoming benumbed with the cold, and threw herself upon it, utterly wretched, utterly hopeless. The Masked Bridal Some, however, benumbed and almost dying from wet and cold, felt that they could not endure the exposure of the wintry night. King Philip Makers of History Any one can see by his benumbed expression that he's a married man. Faro Nell and Her Friends Wolfville Stories Drink deadened their restlessness, benumbed their energies, made them forget their dangers, sleep through their durance. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 He started for the field, but his clothes were so thin that he was benumbed by the intense cold. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad An hour passed, during which she lay where she had fallen and almost benumbed by her misery. The Masked Bridal In a hollow among the scattered stones he stayed till terror no longer benumbed him, and he could summon courage to seek an early meal in the root-field beyond the pasture. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain He said it was an insignificant flesh wound, but his leg was benumbed. War from the Inside The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 Her bereavement had evidently benumbed all her faculties and left her with a slight hold on life. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 I should be, if not drowned, yet benumbed, frozen to death here alone in the great mere, among the frozen reeds and under the steely sky. The First Violin A Novel Her senses seemed benumbed, for the blow had rendered her, for the time, insensible. The White Lie I was almost content in a benumbed way. They of the High Trails He had passed the long night in a wood hard by, and had been benumbed with cold. What the Blackbird said A story in four chirps That gave check to a creeping blankness which was benumbing Pan. Valley of Wild Horses I was pausing, standing still, and rapidly becoming almost too benumbed to think or hold myself up, when I heard the sound of skates and the weird measure of the “Lenore March” again. The First Violin A Novel "The first thing is to get work," he began, while the jingling sounds and the changing odors which the city thrust upon her were confusing and almost benumbing her senses. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel He fell asleep, slept a long time, and awoke benumbed; he felt ill. Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal Tresco waited till the last sound of their voices had died away, then he stretched his cramped, benumbed limbs, heaved a deep sigh of relief, and rose to his feet. The Tale of Timber Town Clumsy is, however, applied to movements that seem as unsuitable as those of benumbed and stiffened limbs. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions Frank, on reaching the shore, was scarcely able to stand, so benumbed were his legs by the cold. Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California The animal lunged free from Bruce’s benumbed grasp, and sprang forward into a gallop. Counsel for the Defense My sister was passing from me—that was the agonizing fact which benumbed me. A Son of the Middle Border Dan obstinately refused to move one foot faster than he chose, and before they reached home they were thoroughly and, indeed, dangerously benumbed with the cold. Miss Ashton's New Pupil A School Girl's Story The truth was, she was for a long time utterly benumbed by pain; a total collapse of mind and body had ensued on her flight from her home. Wee Wifie He was clinging desperately to the edge of the ice, which broke off now and then in his benumbed grasp. Duncan Polite The Watchman of Glenoro For he feared that his thirst might rouse him in the night and that, with his faculties benumbed with sleep, he might drink the whole of the precious store. With Hoops of Steel The glooms of her forests benumbed us, On the slime of her ledges we sprawled; But we set our feet to the northward, And crawled and crawled and crawled! The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse Others “running well” for a time, but gradually “hindered,” through the benumbing influences of worldliness, selfishness, and sin. The Mind of Jesus When a man is nervous and frightened his brain gets so benumbed at the end of two or three hours' questioning on the same subject that he's liable to say anything, or even believe anything. The Third Degree A Narrative of Metropolitan Life |
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