| 单词 | numb |
| 例句 | On his left stood a liar who had beat him numb, and on his right stood a dressed-up puppet, afraid of her own shadow. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I was just numb all over, like a dead man walking. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Too much media would be numbing, dulling, cheat her children of an engaged life, the kind she’d always craved as a child. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z His thumbs were getting numb from the shelling. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Adrenaline had numbed her body for hours, abating all the usual signs of fatigue, but suddenly everything returned in a rush. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He felt oddly numb, but himself again, calm. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Ten minutes later his shoulders ached like nothing else and his fingers had grown almost numb from gripping so hard. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z For a while I sat at the kitchen table, numb, while Mom called school and made sure the television interview had been canceled. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Francie sat numb, longing for that doll with all her soul. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z When he finished signing, he turned to me with an unfocused gaze and a numb, unknowing smile. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z No-Name swerved out of reach just in time, and Will hustled Lyra over toward the door, because she was numb with shock and half-blinded by the blood running down her face. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Then, slowly, my writhing calmed as my hand grew more and more numb. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Her fingertips, numb from the damp, chilly air, weren’t able to twist the stick fast enough. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z That night a numbing chill descended on the ghetto. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z I never get that floppy, numb arm thing at night from sleeping on my arms. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z My fingers grew numb, and the numbness spread sluggishly up my limbs, flowing through my bloodstream. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The warrant officer shook his head in numb astonishment. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I held a cold can of soda to my head to numb my forehead. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Although I was numb from the cold, the pain seared through me each time, like being branded by a poker. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z I must confess I find Sonata Form a numbingly tedious subject and am not going to dwell on it. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z His feet and hands were numb from the cold, and his legs were stiff from lying still so long. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z My fingers were barely working by then, but I got the matchbox open and dumped a few out and managed to pinch one between my thumb and a numb finger. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Some of them lay senseless and numb, on the brink of losing their minds. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The street is numb and silent but for the giant man who’s stumbled home and talks forcefully to his wife. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z And the rest of me is just so emotionally numb that I have no idea where the pain stops and starts. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Arctic AC temperatures numbed the tight space, keeping the not-so-fresh furry odors to a minimum. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z It was a good thing my face was numb from the cold already or I might have froze to death. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t just running, excitement, or numbing myself with the thrill of the hunt. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It makes each footstep I take feel numb, like my foot isn’t actually touching the ground, like I’m not in my body. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z My hands were dead numb, and inside thick gloves. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She just stood there, in numb and silent terror, staring at the blade against Mo’s bare throat. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “I just try to make myself go numb,” he said. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As though back onshore, all of France is left to bite its fingernails and flee and stumble and weep and wake to a numb, gray dawn, unable to believe what is happening. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He knelt on the floor and cleaned the cuts before numbing the soles of my feet with some sort of anesthetic. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I'm just a blob in the chair with numb hands and numb feet. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z It was only inside that I was numb. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been an anesthetic, a way to numb the pain of my father’s death as well as any laudanum. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Was she completely sensitive like a baby, or numb, without nerve endings, just walking in a skin bag? Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I'm numb as Rémy and I walk back to the market entrance, where a rickshaw awaits. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He was not warmer; if anything, he felt more numb and more cold. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z The icy taste of it made her throat momentarily numb. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z How they’d made her wash laundry outside in the cold until her face went numb and her fingertips burned. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z When Pike threw me to the ground, my body was almost too numb to feel my father’s lute being crushed underneath me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I sat until my fingers were numb where they curled against the familiar planks of wood that my father had laid with his bare hands all those years ago. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I was numb; I felt like throwing up, too. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “My wrist is numb where they struck me.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z In the dark aisle of the church Florence stood, his numbed arms outstretched, unafraid of eternity. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z His legs, jammed into the sidecar by Hedwig’s cage and his rucksack, were already sore and starting to go numb. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z His legs ached at first; then, as time passed, they became numb. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z My mind was still numb and mostly asleep. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I felt numb as I walked away, felt stupid and humiliated and numb. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I feel suddenly terrified, my hands numb, my heart beating fast— “I thought about going to see Marcus tonight, but I didn’t.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He felt suddenly parched, and his forehead was warm and slightly numb from the balm. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Ranofer dropped to the ground, staggered with relief and treacherously numbed toes, flung himself out the gate and closed it. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z It was more than just pain nanites, she must have had all sorts of numbing, rejuvenating chemicals and microbots inside her. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z For the better part of the night, he’d wandered the city’s empty streets, letting the count of his footsteps numb his mind. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Her fear narrowed and hardened into something numb and old; her pulse loosened. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z How I wandered aimlessly about, too disoriented for proper panic, numb with shock and dread. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Mr. Whitby had surely been driven by numb, mechanical logic when he had chosen the Cold Storage building as the place to set the first fire. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She is tired, her face looking numb, like she has no energy to express anything, but still I can tell she is restraining herself from talking; she is letting Father do most of it. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z I had two scruples of nahlrout numbing me, and I knew better than to mix anesthetics if I could avoid it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z My arms ached, my fingers were numb, and my head felt as if it were filled with hot pitch. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z There we sat, draped like tired bridesmaids with our yards of white veil, numbed by the airplane’s horrible noise, skimming above the treetops. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z All three teams had identical five and one records in the district, and a numbing scenario was set up. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z When no one came over, Maribel and I watched television, hours and hours of it, finding small comfort in its ability to numb, to keep us from losing our minds. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The hours go numb around me as I lie in bed. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Every instinct of the ghetto jungle streets, every hustling fox and criminal wolf instinct in me, which would have scoffed at and rejected anything else, was struck numb. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Something inside me shuts down and I'm too numb to feel anything. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Or as jokes that left her with a small and numb discomfort that she never admitted to him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I took off my glove and groped in my pocket with my numbed fingers. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Minerva rode catatonic on our strongest carriers, and I was numb. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z For a second that never seems to end, I hold her, numb as the realization sinks in. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The coldness numbed her fingers, and she could hardly even feel him. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Ever since her engagement with Van had fallen apart, she had felt too numb to love anyone. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z There’s a hard blow that makes me numb. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z But evidently weird things happened when you were feeling completely numb and stupid. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, inside, I’m all numb, as if I had been buried in sadness and my body got free, but the rest of me is still in captivity. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Shrill boat whistles echoed in my ears as I searched the crowded platform, my fingers numb from clutching my placard so tightly. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z But now she felt numb, as if by the fifth time repeating it, throwing herself against the rocks of her grief, they had finally eroded, leaving nothing but smooth cold emptiness behind. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The sting that followed snapped me out of the hazy, numb stupor I was falling into. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I laughed and felt numb and weak, knowing that soon the pain would come and that no matter what happened to me I'd never be the same. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The devil stops beating his wife, but I beat the dashboard, punching it over and over, numb to the pain of it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I collapsed on the lid of a trunk, gasping for breath but feeling no real pain yet, only a kind of numb panic flooding through my body. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z My brain was so numb any old thing became interesting. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z I found that I couldn’t sit in the Gemini simulator for more than three hours before my back got sore and my legs became numb. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I want to wear my matted tresses in braids as soon as I learn to do my whole head without numbing my arms. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Some days her hands or feet would grow numb while she was doing normal everyday things like driving or working with the kids on their homework. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Then he looked for his sword that he had let fall; for even as he struck his blow his arm was numbed, and now he could only use his left hand. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z However empty and tired she’d been just a few minutes earlier, however numb and lost, her feet wanted to move, and they knew the way. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z We smile at expressions like these out of relief, because were braced for the numbing cliche that fails to arrive. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “And if he persisted in his claims that he needed no numbing agent?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She got her bucket of paraffin heated and dunked her hands into the hot wax while I numbed my nose with the anesthetic. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I wondered if my whole body would go numb if I held it long enough. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I can’t feel my body any more. I’m numb. I have the feeling that Charlie is close by. My eyes are open—I’m sure of that—are they?” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z He tried for them in all directions, but his nose was useless, the fine scenting nerves numbed by ash and soot. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Rowan could feel himself growing numb—and while it might have been a good thing for his beleaguered sanity, it was not a good thing for his soul. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I stood there, numb, watching everyone—and my Operation Save Fig funds—stroll away. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z "Anything stronger than Belle-rose numbs the blood, Your Highness. The arcana will not work." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z We prayed until our faith passed into an exhaustion that numbed us to sleep. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon every bit of Hazel was numb, and she and Jack lay next to each other in the pool, all the ice of the neighborhood melting in puddles around them. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Fingers and toes, not to mention noses and ears, were numb. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z I walk in numbed silence, even as everyone I pass watches me and as some of the other wild cards occasionally come up to congratulate me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z There was a chill to the air that cut into the skin and numbed the body. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He curled up and tried to sleep away his pain; the tight thongs pinched, but his swollen hands were mercifully numb. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z My limbs ached, heavy and leaden, and I had to put my watch away in fear it might slip from my numb fingers. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Amari was too numb to even remember the words of a prayer. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Wet boots, wet cuffs; his hands have become so numb, they do not seem his own. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I felt kind of numb, as though nothing mattered anymore. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A numb dampness spread across his lower back, and his head throbbed where it had connected to the ground. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Shadow’s feet were going numb, while his hands and face hurt from the cold. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z With the final ounce of strength she had, her mind already muddled from the cold, her fingers numb, Seven pulled the ceramic bird from her cloak pocket, brought it to her mouth, and blew. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The words numb my tongue as if it’s been packed in snow coat. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z As I pulled myself out I felt the numbing cold creep over my legs. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z My ears ring and the side of my face grows numb. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z I stretched my numb legs and looked up anxiously at the sun. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He’d sat here under the trees for hours, in a kind of numb shock, trying to figure out what to do. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z The snow was deep, and before long my legs to the knees were prickling and numb. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z My elbow struck the ground and my arm went numb. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He cleaned off Aurora’s wound as well as he could and applied an ointment she told him would numb the area. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z When we do see each other, there's a quick smile, and I go numb. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I remember, then, the legionnaires throwing my numb body into the kitchen. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z All Hazel could do was try not to think about what lay ahead, to numb herself a little bit. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The beaten men stumbled on numb feet to examine their new campsite. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Maybe forgetfulness, like a kind of snow, should numb and cover them. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Also, there were barely any rests, so once it started, you were playing until your lips were numb and your lungs collapsed. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “I... I don’t want this,” Mariam said, numb with contempt and helplessness. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z It is all speed and brains numb from phones and advertisings. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z The moment wavered in tremulous silence, blinding, null, and numb. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z His body had numbed to the bone, but he didn’t rush. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Doctors to try to figure out why her hands go numb without warning. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Then in that brief moment, my body went numb. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I got the heater running, for once not caring about the mind- numbing roar of the engine. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “Oh, it is no trouble; I dare say your own hands are almost numbed with cold. Leah, make a little hot negus and cut a sandwich or two: here are the keys of the storeroom.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I scoop up a handful of snow and press it against my cheek, numbing a bit of the pain. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I was numb, I was half-deaf, I was sick, shaking, stinging, and smudged with dirt and oil. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z My legs go numb, like all the life has gone out of them, and I wonder how I will walk when my name is called. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “The Collective won’t succeed in the end. You all numb yourselves to erase who we really are. The tonics. The Cogs. But you can’t program out love and caring for one another.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z It began to throb and finally went numb. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And right at the moment when the realization reaches his brain and numbs his body that he’s probably seen Fizz et al without hijabs, I reach over and grab my camera. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He could hardly breathe; trembling so violently the water lapped over the edges of the pool, he felt for the blade with his numb feet. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Their very instinct was numbed in this terrible glare. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When I did move, finally, I just stood there feeling numb, but very heavy—and completely lost. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z One of the closed-off bedrooms held the ghost of Alvin Caruthers, still wearing his service uniform and drinking to numb the pain of a heart broken by a war fought in trenches. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z It felt like he’d been punched by a tiny fist, but his entire arm went numb. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z His head spun, the branches nearly slipped from his numb fingers. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z “We were numb to the odor, but the smell was fresh in the judge’s nostrils.” Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s been about two hours and she hasn’t fainted and I haven’t gone numb. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z My whole body went numb like I was dead. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I crawled around in the muddy snow and wet garbage, searching for the silver penny with fingers so numb with cold they would barely work. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He was dull and numb, with the reality of it, now that the morning had come. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z She stretched her numb legs and cracked her neck and back. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z My body was numbed and feverish, and the way home was long and hard. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z My thighs went numb from squeezing the horse. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Too numb with cold and fear to even cry out, he eyed the Spirit Bear standing like a carved statue. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z And then, before Harry’s mind had accepted what he was seeing, before he could feel anything but numb disbelief, he felt himself being pulled to his feet. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z But suddenly I realize it’s not Mother who has it— the answer has come to me, numbing my entire body. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z And from what I could tell, we were both already numb. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I felt my head get light and my arms go numb. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z During my time there they were numb or slightly tender from the constant examinations. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z My three fingers, weak and numb, gave out. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Day after day, Harriet listened as all six of them complained bitterly about the cold that stung their faces, numbed their fingers, frosted their feet. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She spends hours kneeling by herself on the sixth floor with the window open and the sea hurling arctic air into the room, her fingers on the model of Saint-Malo slowly going numb. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z And I couldn’t smile because my face was numb. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Therefore, their backs shouldn’t get sore or their legs numb—but I still think that is an awfully long time for two people to be locked up inside such a small enclosure. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The workers woke early, and for the first few months they were “seasoned”—learning the numbing work of hoeing or weeding or loading the barges with cut cane. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Billy was numb as his father carried him from the shower room to the pool. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Ash felt as though her body had just gone numb, and she did not answer. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Even so, the next night they still had to take off and fly back to the front in the dark as usual, numbed by tragedy and fear and exhaustion. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z It was so cold my hand and wrist felt numbed. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I was prevented from finding out, as the wagon hit a bump and my numbed hand almost let Abenthy’s guilder fall to the footboard of the wagon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She felt numb; this last revelation was too much, right now, to absorb. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I drew back, my body numb with fear. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I welcomed the numbing cold and even the jolt of my falls on the hard, wet ice. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z A bad journey they had of it, their fingers numb and with a shiver in their bones that not even wine could burn off. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z His arms were folded, now, and he seemed of a piece with the split-rail fence behind him—numb, brown and inconsequential. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I persist, dunking them for longer and longer periods, until the cold finally numbs my blisters. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I can’t be sure, but I think my numb body shifts so hard I hit the inside of the chamber. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I had hoped they would send me to a ward with some really gruesome cases, who would see through my numb, dumb face to how I meant well, and be grateful. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z His hands were numb with cold but he did not dare attempt to shift his grip. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He tugged it out, jerked the cloth away impatiently and went numb all over with the shock of what he saw. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The knowledge struck him with a numbing shock. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I tore it open, feeling numb, as if I were reading my sentence after the guilty verdict had already been handed down. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The walking warmed me slightly, though my feet still felt wooden and numb. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z My hands numb, I press it closed behind me, and shake them to regain feeling. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z She hears the sirens wailing as the cold envelops her, numbing her face and her hands, her feet in their thick-soled shoes. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry’s numb hands slipped on the broom handle and his Nimbus dropped a few feet. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Inhumane, unimaginably cruel things, and I had started to become numb. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z But how, when my body feels so numb? Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z My face felt stiff and numb, as though it had become scar tissue itself. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z As soon as he felt the ground under his sneakers and the numb tingling of pain from impact, he realized two things: he had landed safely, and his phone had not. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Cole licked at his numb and swollen lips, and grimaced. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Already his feet were numb from the water. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I don’t say good-bye to Dee and I don’t cry and I don’t feel anything but numb indifference. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z He felt very weak and tired and numb. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z My senses were numb with anger; I moved about as in a nightmare, obeying every order. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I could feel the winter shaking my bones and banging my teeth together, and the big white hotel towel I had dragged down with me lay under my head numb as a snowdrift. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z She went on until her feet grew numb from the cold, and at last she found what she had been looking for. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I was still numb from the startling news that I had had another brother, something I remembered as a kid, but had somehow forgotten. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Now and again, despite the fear that numbed my brain, I was aware of Rosalie’s eyes on me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z My lips felt numb, but not because of the cold. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The wind and waves hadn’t been that strong, yet even as he struggled to tread water with his numb limbs, he found himself drifting back toward the shoreline. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Cole grumbled, his head still numb with fatigue. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The water is icy and shin- deep; her toes go numb in an instant. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z All I could think of now was the almost bitter taste of the bubbles popping against my tongue, the crunch and numb swallow of ice cubes, condensation accumulating on textured plastic until it dripped. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z His hands were numb with cold and he couldn’t grip the smaller feathers. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z My hands start to tingle and go numb, the way they always do when I panic. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z My fingers felt numb and inflexible, frozen around the shard as though my skin was just a glove for the dybbuk. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I'm too numb to do anything but follow. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The cold wind numbed their fingers and stung their cheeks. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Now Sean cleaned out the wound, numbed Finn’s face with a shot, and sewed it up with a vicious curved needle clamped in what looked like a pair of scissors. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I want to rush over to him to take away his pain, but instead I stand numb in the corner of the room. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s the first physical sensation I’ve felt since the numbing gel. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Our group hurried to catch up to the group in front of us, and my numbed feet flew forward. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z If she hadn’t gone numb, then she might have been frightened, but nothing matters when it’s not real. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z It is suddenly so cold that my fingertips go numb. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Caesar was numb from the series of curious events and he curled upon the floor. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Then he thought of Hab and William, and memories drove him back to his work until the pain was numb again. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I stay where I am for a long minute, numb and unmoving, trying to gather my courage to move closer. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The more he saw, the more numb he grew to the strangeness of the new world. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I conjure up such a wind in my mind, letting it freeze my cheeks and numb my fingers, and all at once, the piece of metal half buried in the black earth has a name. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know because the red is so hot it numbs me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He found that his lips were still too numb for speech, and he wanted desperately to be beyond earshot of the old man’s plaintive questioning. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d been walking numb like a ghost with only faces from my memory in front of me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z People applaud, and my fingers begin to feel numb. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I’m numb, but not as numb as I was. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I realized I hadn’t even uncapped my sword My hands were numb. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Blood ran from his scraped knees and numbed hands. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t tie my stupid shoelace because my fingers were too numb from the cold. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z A rock struck my elbow, numbing my arm. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z They were numb and heavy, and he felt crushing pressure against his chest. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z I hurried, the sound drawing closer, myriad-voiced, humming, enfolding me, numbing the air, as I started beneath the ramp. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z We watched him with our swollen red eyes, anxious and numb at the same time. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “More sore than numb. I feel like I wrassled a hundred hogs,” Florida said. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z I hold my thumb against the button of the bell till it becomes numb. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z My whole body goes a little bit numb when I hear that he talked to Marie. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z My feet and hands were completely numb with cold, but I didn’t bother trying to warm them up. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Jackie had been numb all day at work, knowing the worst was to come. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z His hand brushed against something, but his fingers were too numb to tell what it was. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The ropy plant dug into Thomas’s flesh— his chest felt numb. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He seemed numb with shock at the verdict. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z My arms were so tight against my head that my ears felt numb, yet it wouldn’t have hurt more if knives were being jabbed into my eardrums. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z By the time she reached the City gates, she had become numb to the cold, though the road was covered in a thin layer of snow and her breath steamed into the chilly air. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She stood there like she’d gone numb, her hands on her mouth. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It just lay there in her mouth, numb. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z In three hours Marie-Laure’s numb fingers discover a stranded jellyfish, an encrusted buoy, and a thousand polished stones. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z His hands began to tingle and grow numb. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z By the time the wagon arrived at the Square, she felt pleasantly numb to the chill air. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z My face is numb; my nose feels frozen. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z That's what I feel like all over—numb and prickly and as light as a balloon. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z My legs and my hands are numb and then they re burning and then, after a long time, a familiar feeling returns to them. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I can’t go in until the halls are empty and the teachers have numbed them with boredom so they won’t notice when I slip down the halls. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z But all I felt was numb, resigned, sitting in that stuffy office. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “But you are my business, and I am concerned about what’s going on with you. You never drank before. I don’t want you using alcohol to numb yourself.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z My hands go numb, so I know I’m panicking, but I don’t really feel it, not the way I normally do. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Her foot’s on my leg, making it go numb. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to stay and look at something that filled me with such a numbing terror. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Anya couldn’t stop her forward momentum; her brain had been numbed too much by fear to make an intelligent decision anyway. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Pull myself to my knees, muscles numb and inert. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Theon trudged through the storm until his arms and legs were caked with snow and his hands and feet had gone numb from cold, then climbed to the battlements of the inner wall again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I’d been too dazed, too numb, to feel the full viciousness of it. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z My toes and fingers were numb before I deemed it safe to enter. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Cole stubbornly kept visiting the pond for his morning soak even though the water numbed him in minutes. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Our senses were numbed, everything was fading into a fog. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He straightened his disheveled clothing with fingers that were numb and shaking and walked the rest of the way to the clearing with rigid self-control. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z After I had cried for several hours, my feet became numb. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The wind that lifted spray off the white-capped waves was monstrously cold, and searched out every gap in Lyra’s wolfskin, and her hands were soon aching and her face numb. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I think it all kind of hit him after he stopped feeling numb from the fight. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z He focuses his mind, doesn't want to be numb. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Though I hadn’t seen the entire town, my numb feet announced that my tour was completed. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The second she asks it, my brain goes numb, and I can’t even think of one title of one movie ever made. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z His expression of love had already given him to her in part When she thought that he was there at hand, waiting for her, she grew numb with the intoxication of expectancy. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Every night that May, he climbed the coliseum fence, dropped into the stadium, and ran the stairs until his legs went numb. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z As my fingertips hit the stasis gel, they tingle and burn before going numb. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z So now I’m just sitting here looking at the black water while the wind makes the tips of my ears go numb. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He turned and opened a cabinet that stood against one of the walls, “Give me just a moment and I will numb the burning that must be all across your back.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The Geats are stones, and whether it’s because they’re numb with terror or stiff from too much mead, I cannot tell. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z My knee slammed into the tile floor, and my leg went numb. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Their numb families mourned in silence, with pots of stew and nourishing foods heaped into their kitchens, while the comforting arms of neighbors circled around them to ease their bereavement. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z They called to each other and ate insects numbed by the cold. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z By then, my hurt leg was plenty stiff, stiff and numb. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z They drink themselves sick and numb themselves with poisonous and delightful powders. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Was it because my fingers were numb with cold? Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “My tongue is too numb to tell. All I can taste is cold.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I was too numb and tired to be properly afraid. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She held the letter in numb fingers, unable to bring herself to read it in front of everyone. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I was so shocked it felt like my entire body went numb. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Her right arm, which had been twisted up to the small of her back, was now numb, and she felt only pins and needles in her shoulder. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z No waves cold enough to numb me or strong enough to pull me under. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z These good souls worked with people whose legs were swollen to the size of tree trunks, whose numb limbs had become as twisted as jungle vines. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z With each pickup I grow more numb, and for the first time ever, I don’t speak to a person all day I don’t discuss the weather. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I fall asleep in the midst of these vain prayers, and when I awaken, my knees ache from the cold stone floor and my hands are numb. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z My legs start to feel numb, and fear shoots up my spine. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His numb limbs felt wooden and stiff, moving awkwardly as if disconnected from his body. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z My feet and hands and nose were still numb. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Mark’s mind was growing numb from exhaustion, and he found it hard to follow the details. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The inn was dark and smoky inside and afterward when you went out the cold air came sharply into your lungs and numbed the edge of your nose as you inhaled. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I lay in bed under the crucifix and pray ’til my fingers go numb on the beads. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Wave after wave, Ralph followed the rise and fall until something of the remoteness of the sea numbed his brain. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z But my fingers are numb, nose and toes tingling. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Her job bored her: she did the same bland things, writing press releases, editing press releases, copyediting press releases, her movements rote and numbing. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “The level of material comfort in this country is numbing,” said Paul Bellew, executive director for market and industry analysis at General Motors. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The lullaby of grief enveloped him, rocked him, and at last numbed him. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z If I’d tried in childhood to imagine my present life in the jungle, I’d have been struck numb with the adventure of it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I heard a voice cry out “Ophelia!” at the moment that my numbed limbs released their hold and I fell into the water, blackness engulfing me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But instead of going hot she felt numb. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z My ankle was numb now; my leg was on fire to the hip. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z His skin turned clammy at the memory, kps going numb as a familiar darkness began to seep into the corners of his vision. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I saw him move in my direction, ostensibly to make me take a turn performing his stupid experiment and instead I just stared at him, my face numb. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I wished that I had worn shoes, for my feet were growing numb from the cold ground. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Standing in the freezing mound that was thickening around his numb feet, Jonas opened his own tunic, held Gabriel to his bare chest, and tied the tom and dirty blanket around them both. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Maybe they were numb enough to blame the system for things they were too lazy to change. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z We kiss until my lips are numb, stopping ourselves at the very edge of Someday, saying not yet, not here, even though it takes willpower I didn’t know I had. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He dumped them in a pile at the door of the barn and sat there and wrapped up his numb feet. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He was enjoying himself and I could feel myself becoming more and more numb as I was beaten down. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Leo tried to grab him, but his fingers were numb. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Apparently numb, he stumbled along as if he were still expecting to wake up. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z A cold so frigid her body instantly went numb. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z My eyes began to glaze over and my legs went numb right about the same time I found it. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z A pair of damp dwarfs, numb with fear, waiting for the world to end. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Cole licked his numb lips, but the pain made him stop—he had bitten his tongue when the bear slammed his face into the ground. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I was curious to study the markings on its front and back, but after the space of two breaths, my arm was numb to the shoulder, as if I had slept on it all night. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Thomas felt no emotion—he was completely numb. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Sometimes his arm felt numb, as if he had been sleeping on it. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z My shield arm went numb, and the air burned. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z After the first ten feet of cutting and bending back the wire, his knees went numb; he felt cold air on his skin and knew that his Levis were worn through at both knees. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The hilts of my scims knock against my neck, cold as ice, and despite the all-weather boots, my feet are numb. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z There was no morphine in the first-aid kit, no protection for Snowden against pain but the numbing shock of the gaping wound itself. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She went to bed and lay there, dry-eyed, numb and sleepless, thinking only of Julius. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z After half a kilometer or so, Helena slid from my nearly numb arms to the ground in front of the Zielinskis’ gate. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z My feet quickly went numb, because I also wasn’t wearing socks under my plastic indent slippers. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Their hands grew so numb that they could never be sure they had a proper hold on their oars. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Even when his left little toe and the one next to it got sawed off by Doc without no kind of numbing and Pap hadn’t made a peep. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Thick and numbing, like an animal’s den, a mix of blood and scorched hair and excrement and the sweet-sour odor of moldering flesh—the stink of the kill. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “And that was that,” I say, feeling numb all over. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I feel numb and terrified of my own numbness. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z My whole body ached and my hands were numb. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z His daughter Annie—the eldest, and his favorite—contracted an infection and died, leaving Darwin numb with grief. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I do know that I sat here numb with horror. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Within an hour, I was chattering and numb. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Charlie tried to remember, he tried, but all he had was fog and haze and a parade of loss that numbed and shamed. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z A hand closes on my wrist, and piercing cold numbs my arm to the shoulder. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I was squeezing the seed so hard that my right hand was going numb. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z As she lay awake, she felt numb with the pressure of the evil things that had happened to her in so short a time. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Those who heard it first were numb with disbelief. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z My heart beats so hard it marks each second for me, but the rest of me is numb. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z If Joe was emotionally numb on the inside, he was physically numb on the outside. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Obinze tried to remember details from the stories of people who had been caught and deported but his mind was numb. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The icy cold stiffened Cole’s joints and made his fingers numb and awkward. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z As his attention drifted and his senses dulled, rain numbed his face. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Sometimes I stood up straight to let the blood run from my head to the numb slabs of muscle at the backs of my thighs. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Stiff in limb, chilled in bone, numb in thought, I shifted about. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t know what it’s like being hit over and over until you’re so numb you don’t feel anything!” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z People who had grown numb with despair began to feel warm hope kindling inside. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I wasn’t scared, only numb, and felt as if I was floating upward, toward the sky. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Years after his retirement, Terry still lived in a state of numbed formality—impeccably dressed, remotely servile, never asserting himself in any way, at least that I would see. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Even though her toes were numb with cold and she knew they needed to get out of there, she could not take her eyes from the horror glimmering toward them from across the pond. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He was numb to it all, uninterested in drinking and pool and other people, and the more drunk he became the more lucid his mind was and the colder he felt toward everyone. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z His sodden robes weighed him down as he walked in deeper; now the water was over his knees, and his rapidly numbing feet were slipping over silt and flat, slimy stones. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The cold will numb it soon enough, she told herself. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I was pretty much numb after being questioned. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z I raked madly at the earth with hands that were numb and cold as ice. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I’m going to have to give you a shot of this numbing agent,” she says, holding up a syringe. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She remembered wispy white tendrils gathering around her ankles, numbing her feet. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She was watching from far away and she was numb. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z At the crematorium, I had been too numb to notice Little Harm taking his big role, but I'm not going to let him do the shradh, too. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z An icy wind howled, whipping its way through my scantily dressed limbs, and the thought of waiting another four hours numbed me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z My personality was numb, reduced to a lumpish, loose, dissolved state. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z They’re numb to that, too, except for a couple who have dreams of singing backup or opening up a hair shop . Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “My hand is kind of numb,” he said apologetically and reached across with his right hand and brought out a yellow government postcard. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Maybe my finger, so numb inside its glove, hadn’t pressed the button all the way down. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z My heart and mind were numb, and if we celebrated, it was all I could do to go through the motions. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z My fingers were too numb to tell me anything. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z My whole body went numb and I almost couldn’t breathe, like I was drowning, and then I felt like I was gonna faint but I didn’t. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He skidded into the main mast with a numbing impact. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Every nerve in my body had gone numb, tingling with adrenaline. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z It’s warm outside, but I’m cold and numb. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Harry wrapped his scarf over his lower face; the exposed part soon felt both raw and numb. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z We sit silently, listening to the rain on the thatched roof, a numb, damp, fatalistic feeling among us. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After an hour or so, his calves became numb and he lowered his feet to the ground. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The reality of her words filtered through, and the tingly magic of what had just happened between us numbed out. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Her fingers were numb and red, but even so, she made contact with all her arrows on the second and third passes. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I try to push him away, but his footing is too sure and my leg is still too numb. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The knots refused to yield, slipped from their numb fingers, and only bit more deeply into their flesh. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Already I m so numb, I can’t hardly feel a thing from the neck down. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I felt the numb isolation of those days when I was just a little motherless kid, emptied of words, waiting to come through my door and be born. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z But after a while, the whole thing just wasn’t interesting to him anymore, and he ran out of things to keep himself numb. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Only Florence remained standing, holding the weight of his arms which would become numb like lead before catechism was over. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Once we bought the wax and some topical medicine to numb the inside of my nose, we marched back out of the store. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She descended from her roost, numb in her arms and legs from her entanglement in the rough limbs. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Cole crawled stiffly to his feet, numb from lack of sleep. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z It beat still in her breast, but it felt numb. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z My fingers were numb, and I longed to go inside, to sit in their space if I couldn’t sit with them. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He felt his arm go numb, but he clenched his teeth as he was clenching his fingers around the hilt, and the pale form seemed to boil away and melt back into the darkness again. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Their lips and faces are still numb from the cold, and at first they still keep their coats on. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Laleh’s tongue was turning yellow, and it had clearly gone numb from the cold, but that didn’t stop her from carrying on a full conversation with Sohrab in Farsi as we walked home. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z She was making her final knots behind me when I felt a vague, featherlike touch on my shoulder, almost insensible through the nahlrout that numbed me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His hands were so numb with cold he could hardly hold the crutches to steady them as he walked. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z As evening drew closer, I felt my fingers getting numb, a nervous tingle running through my body. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z His grip tightened until my hands felt numb, but I would never tell him to let go. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm too tired or too numb to cry. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Elizabeth sat at the table, numb, with nothing more to say. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I was numb and in exquisite pain at the same moment. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z For a few seconds he was dazed, and then he came to his senses, with his left arm numb and useless. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She knelt, testing the swollen joint with numb fingers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Cole’s body had grown numb from the icy water, and his teeth chattered uncontrollably. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z As I stand at the edge of it, at the walls that will squeeze my body between them, I feel the beginnings of panic again, the numb hands and the tight chest. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She tilted her chin so that one plume swept gracefully against her cheek, discreetly curled and uncurled her numb toes inside the kid slippers, and set herself to endure. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Father’s confidence helped a little, but Naima still felt empty and numb. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z I spend half an hour reading through work emails so mind- numbing that they dull even the pain of jealousy, then I shut down the laptop and put it away. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She dabs my forehead with antiseptic—they are so careful about germs here—and I feel the sting and prickle of the needle, diminishing by the second as the numbing agent does its work. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z And now I felt numb, strangely weak, as if someone had unplugged me and the current running through me had stopped. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Salva was too numb to think, and when thoughts did come to him, they seemed silly. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It was worth it, for though he was numbed and scarlet, the welcome he got thawed him thoroughly. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z She knows full well what it’s like to tamp down your natural inclinations, to force a smile when you feel numb. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Jan Scruggs slumped in his living-room chair watching the evening news in numb disbelief. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Kuttappen kept vigil on his own numb feet with mounting terror. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Space was an anesthetic; seventy million miles of space numbed you, put memory to sleep, depopulated Earth, erased the past, and allowed these people here to go on with their work. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z They were still tart, but had a sweetness to them, although they seemed to make his lips a bit numb. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z But his fingers were numb, and he fumbled with the screwdriver as he tried to rub warmth back into his hands. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Already he could feel his arms growing numb. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z My hand is half numb by the time Mr. Ware releases it. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I stood numb and plaster stiff in the corner of the kitchen. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z His. hands stayed on his knees, numbed and useless. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z They were shivering, shocked by the cold, numb, but otherwise unharmed. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry watched, terrified, his hands gripping the rim of the basin so hard that his fingertips were numb. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z His body felt cold and his hands went numb. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The Commandant's letter falls from my suddenly numb hand, and I know. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Montag's face was entirely numb and featureless; he felt his head turn like a stone carving to the dark place next door, set in its bright borders of flowers. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever force was holding Roza’s sole to the earth above suddenly gave way, and Roza would have dropped headfirst into the clouds had Finn not caught her, setting her on her numb feet. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I read the words over and over again until my legs went numb. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z My body had gotten numb, and my family didn’t seem to notice that I was covered with blood. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Genie drew his knees up—his legs were starting to go numb—and Dad noticed the red truck in his hand. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Prosper looked at Scipio contemptuously, but inside he felt numb with sadness and disappointment. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z His feet grew numb when he thought of one of those bear’s paws landing squarely on the top of his head, driving him perhaps like a stake through the unpredictable flooring of the office. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He had lied to them so often, they were numb to his words now. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z No doubt the soldiers planned to do us harm; I was numb with that expectation. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I checked the talent every dozen steps or so to reassure myself that my numb hand was still gripping it tightly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I wanna be numb to the pain of all of this. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z While he was waiting for the anesthetic to numb his finger, he did more digging and found a sterile package with a curved needle and thread, a needle holder, and forceps. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I try to imagine my body shutting down, little by little, going totally numb. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z So he must feel just as numb as I do. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Even though he was wet and numb with cold, he lovingly wiped mud and paw prints from his chrome spokes with bits of shredded Kleenex. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not sure. I’m numb right now. But I can feel the darkness coming. The way you can see a storm coming. I can hear voices in the darkness.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z My hands are still numbed out and I can hardly walk, so all I can do is sort of fall on top of him and try to shove him loose from her. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Every part of him went into a panic, and if he’d been less shocked or numb, he would have struggled. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Somewhere under Harry’s numb disbelief he felt a ripple of anger. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It was not a physical fatigue—he went to the gym regularly and felt better than he had in years—but a draining lassitude that numbed the margins of his mind. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Then, in September and October, there were more developments on the legal and personal front that underscored the numbing effect, the purgatory. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I found myself crying, laughing, numb with depression, nervous and pacing, ambivalent, angry, and filled with self-loathing. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “Twig, wait,” I said again, gripping the phone so tightly that my fingers started going numb. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The boy felt numb and cold, like he had felt standing outside the jail door. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He rubs a numbing ointment on one of the deeper cuts, keeping his attention fixed on my wounds. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z We stare at the jungle, numb and exhausted. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z My hand had gone numb as soon as I’d touched it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When I approach her, she turns numb, as if she wanted to be dead in my presence. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, his muscles cramping and his fingers numb with cold, he climbed down. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Then if you want to go, you can see where you’re going. Now help me get propped up against this bank. I’ll be all right. It doesn’t hurt any more. It’s numb now.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite his taunts to Kaz, by the time they were halfway to the island, Matthias’ feet had gone almost completely numb, and he was keenly aware of the guard towers high above the moat. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z My arm felt numb, but nothing seemed to be broken. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I was numb and nervous and nothing more. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The bone-grinding fatigue and numbing hunger of the past weeks evaporated as we carried Grandfather’s mattress down from the bedchamber and set it in the middle of the yard. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Had our hearts really become so numb that we needed dead bodies in order to feel the beat of compassion in our chests? All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z His spirits sank, leaving him empty inside and numb. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The steady clatter of the machine numbed my nerves. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Harry was still numb with cold, still wetter than he’d ever been in his life, but he could see. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Cole found that if he sat completely still, his numb skin actually felt warm. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Fremantle had a sudden numbing thought: by evening this man could be dead. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Dull-eyed, shaking and numb, one hand gripping the rain catcher, the other clinging to the raft, I continued to wait. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She fell to her knees and tried to stagger to her feet again, but her legs felt numb and nothing looked right anymore. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She finally felt the weight of his absence, after keeping it at a numb distance for many months. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z My butt is numb from sitting on the freezing bricks. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The hearing reached absurd, numbing proportions as lawyers tried to ascertain Edwards’s algebra grade in a court of law. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I just bumped from my hotel to work and to parties and from parties to my hotel and back to work like a numb trolleybus. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z My fingers feel numb as I unlock the door. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She had thought she would grow numb—that she would become used to the work. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Amil and I watched with open mouths as he injected Kazi with something that would numb his skin and then started to thread his needle with thick black thread. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z My legs are numb; I barely feel the ground beneath me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z His front wheel moved forward imperceptibly as he pushed on the pedals with his numb, exhausted legs. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z He became less immune, less numb, because of the stories. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Thomas went numb as several screams erupted, followed by the pounding of fleeing footsteps. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Marie-Laure sits with her fingers going numb in her lap and thinks of the machine in the attic, its cables and switches. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z But when the numbing medicine wore off later that night, it felt like someone had pressed a red hot coal to my loins. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I shook my head, feeling numb at what I was hearing. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z And then there was one of those long quiet spells that always made the boy feel numb and weak. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It made me feel bad, but in an abstract, numb way. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z But when the sun descended, when the shadows of the square’s giant shade trees met and combined, the coldness as well as darkness numbed the crowd. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The icy water numbed him deeper with each breath. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I still felt so numb, not crying, not angry. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Kepler found that if he removed his gloves his hands were soon too numb to manage his instrument; if he kept them on he could barely make the fine adjustments necessary. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I looked at my hands because they were shaking, but I couldn’t feel them, like they’d gone numb, or I was numb. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z His foot felt numb, and he realized that the foot must be swelling fast. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Oh, how the plan had taken a slow shape in his numbed mind, until that day three years ago when he had met Pikes. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z His head ached and his mouth felt numb. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He felt the chill of her secrecy, numbing him, like a poison spreading quickly through his veins. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z A numbed dreariness descended on the house, everyone moving in slow motion in the gloom of Miltown and recent events. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I was still so numb from the night before, I found it hard to even fathom the fact of it. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z One evening when I was dressing for dinner in this numbed frame of mind, an idea occurred to me, the first with any energy behind it since Finny fell from the tree. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Tree-ear felt numb with disappointment; he wondered how much worse it must be for Min. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Stepped on, though I felt it vaguely, already numb from the burning ants. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z My legs, which ached at first, are now numb, which is better. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Her first surge of relief soon died away, and her thoughts, numbed by the sheer terror of pursuit, began to stir again in hopeless circles. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I plunge down, down to rocky rocky bottom, and I can see the base of Beechwood Island and my arms and legs feel numb but my fingers are cold. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z My feet went numb and my entire body froze. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Pilate rubbed her ear until it was numb, burned the end of the wire, and punched it through her earlobe. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I gasped for breath and reached up to feel my numb neck, the thick dents his fingers left in the skin. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Papi was numb, detached even from himself, his voice flat, his step so light it was difficult to know he was there at all. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z So Hazel flung herself into the thin layer of icy slushy watery mess and rolled around in it, numbing her skin until she was part ice cube herself. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z It's the coldness of the snow, yes, but whatever mix of herbal juices my mother has added numbs, as well. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z After a while, his eyes lost the glazey numb look from the wine or the coffee or the fact that he had stayed up the night before. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z My scalp must've been numb, because I could no longer feel her tugging on the hair. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z My hands pressed against the metal door became numb. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z A pain throbbed in my throat and I felt a kind of numb despair. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z To distract attention from Finn’s teary face and from the fact that all three of us are just numb and clumsy and stupid right now? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “A what?” she said through suddenly numb lips. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “Then sit here until you’re numb,” Edwin said, his voice edgy. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Rather, it rolled over her in waves, each one cruder than its predecessor, until it was numbing. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Now that it had happened, Matt felt numb. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Jam’s hand had been numb for ages afterward, but she hadn’t minded. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I shrug and turn back to the Bray-Eliopulos files, which are as numbingly boring as ever. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z He had numbed himself, according to Ana, the therapist who Mark and Linda sent him to, so that he wouldn’t feel any future pain. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z His hands would turn numb and callous after hours of hanging on. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Where it touched his skin, it was cold, strangely numbing. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z But possibly her skin’s gone numb; possibly she feels nothing, like one formerly scalded. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z They weighed her down and made her numb. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I feel numb inside, but outside I am a screaming, thrashing force of will. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Inside, he felt numbed and foolish, stung by a pang of guilt and shame and regret. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z He kicks me hard in the leg, making it go numb, and grabs the front of my jacket to pull me toward him. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Wildlings, the Seven Kingdoms called them; they named themselves the free folk They looked neither wild nor free-only hungry, frightened, numb. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We’d been on the road for at least four hours and my body felt numb. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Within seconds my toes were numb and I could hardly move my fingers. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I slumped down into a black chair and waited there—dry eyed, speechless, numb. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Once or twice I feel Shiloh jerk, like it hurts him, but when he lays too still, I don’t know if it’s because he’s numb or if he’s dying. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Victoria tried to rope me into staying late, but I literally felt like my entire body was numb. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “I said get your foot off me—my leg’s going numb.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z She slapped his knife away, leaving his fingers numb and stinging. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z By then, numbed by the loss of Sophie Mol, he looked out at everything with a vision smudged with grief. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Still numb with sleep, he started to get dressed. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z His legs were numb and stiff from the concrete floor. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z She felt numbed by the hatred in the woman’s eyes, “I’d trust you all right,” the constable considered. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z And men struggled with numb fingers to reef and loose sails. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Shaking, numb, Celaena climbed back up the wall, leaving Nox to figure out the way on his own. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Rousseau’s disparagement of the English as “a nation of shopkeepers” persists as a belief that a concern with numbers and details numbs one to the big questions, to the grandeur of nature. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was hot that day, in a season so dry our tongues went to sleep tasting dust and woke up numb. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There was an awakening even in her nails, in those parts of her body that had always been numb. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The days and nights were growing colder and in the mornings my clothes were touched with frost and my feet were numb. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He felt his skin growing numb and his breath cooling. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The muscles in my arms grew numb from the weight of the pole. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “A feeling I’ve had once or twice before, just before I fainted. A lightheadedness ... everything intense... but my body feels cold and numb...” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The grating swung up towards the kitchen, and Malcolm’s numb and trembling hands found a catch above that held it firmly. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Winnie, struggling with the anguish of all these things, could only sit hunched and numb, the sound of the water rolling in her ears. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s sort of like this numb, weird feeling under my skin all the time. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Her legs were numb, and the cold was creeping up her body. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z And slowly the wound began to grow numb I dreamed I was walking through the forest with plain-faced Laclith, the woodsman who had traveled with our troupe when I was younger. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Jam kept staring at the paper, her fingers numb with shock. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z It was making my lips and the tips of my fingers a little numb. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It was as if my mind was numb, as if I’d had a good dream that I would wake up from. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The night before he was so numb with exhaustion he couldn’t do anything but sleep. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The skin felt cool and slightly waxen, numb to the touch as though it wasn’t really mine at all. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z His ears were buzzing, his whole face was numb. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Which I can't, they're numb and bloated from the rope cutting into my wrists, and finally I stop trying and just sit there letting my eyes open up in the dark. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z For the first few days after she left, I felt numb, non-feeling. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z I am so numb already, I don’t think I can feel any more sadness. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z I was far too numb to consider either. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z My entire body was numb, exhausted, as I took my foot off the gas. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I felt blank and numb and far away. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He heard laughter and when he looked around the corner of the boulder, his heart went numb in his chest, and he wasn’t aware of his own rapid breathing any more. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Some shivering, some too numb to shiver, they listened as the king’s voice rumbled off the Wall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Attempting to swim the numbingly cold torrent or even to paddle some sort of improvised raft across seemed too risky to consider. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I had grown numb to what might happen to me, to whatever my fate might be. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “Oh,” I said, and I felt a new, numbing rush of sadness. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z My nose went numb and my eyes stung and tears began to come. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She had lain in the darkness of her room, her mind blank, her body numb. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z And I’ve just got to let myself feel the pain, because if I don’t, if I keep numbing it, it’ll never really go away. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Pain throbbed in his head and the right side of his face numbed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Also my left leg felt funny, with a tingling sensation, and there were parts of it that were numb. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He paused to let it sink in and I waited, feeling a numb, violent outrage. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I found my voice, but my lips were numb and quivering. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She was half-waking herself, uneasy because of the motion, and so cold that every part of her body was numb. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I led the way into the hall, my heart like a stone, heavy, numb. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z At last,when his legs were quite numb, she turned like a marionette with some of its strings cut and went back toward the house. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z My foot grew numb and wooden from the cold, and while that worried some rational piece of me, my practical side was just glad there was one less part of me that hurt. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Jam stared at both her parents, numb and confused. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z My feet were numb from the vibration of the floorboards. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I put bags of ice on her chest to help numb the pain. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “I didn’t count on my arms being so numb. Your arms numb?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Such voracious reading was like an anesthesia, numbing me to the harsh life around me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It was too numbing to try to figure out the grade; too exhausting. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Aurelia stood motionless, numb now, unable to feel anything but the deep dread of what the next few hours would bring. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “My legs feel fine, but numb, so I’m guessing I got burned but you’ve already done something about it.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z My arm was bruised and numb from the pressure of her fingers. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I let one suitcase and then the other fall from my numb hands; for a moment my mind was numb, too, agreeably registering these impressions without comment. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Then the cold: arms and legs prickly, and finger numbing. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Seabiscuit’s eastern critics were, in the words of Jolly Roger, “numbed to quietude.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Still numb with shock, I gathered a few things into a bag. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I did not know how much time elapsed as I stood there, numb, astonished; but, suddenly, the vast ranks of the Communist party began to move. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Cold enough to numb me to any hesitation or doubt. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He was beginning to feel his paws numbed by the jarring blows of the hefty iron railing against the sword blade. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z My feet, numb and heavy, shuffled across the pavement. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “I am far too numb,” he tells me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He grabbed the back of the boat with numb fingers, then hauled himself onboard, dripping with seawater, ice crusting his red beard. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I, panic-stricken, buttoning my shirt as fast as my numb fingers would go, started to say something but he made a quick, shushing gesture at me with his hand. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z By the time they got to the southern end of the valley and found a cave that would fit all three of them, the tips of her ears throbbed and her nose was numb. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The water from the tap is icy and our fingers turn numb. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z But instead I’m numb with the tedium of a hard life. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The numbing power of its voice seemed directed somewhere else. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z His hands numb, he guided the hovercar up into the sky and headed for his apartment and Iran. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Her thoughts were as numb as her legs. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z There was no pain in the thought, only a kind of numb curiosity. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z My feet were numb from being tied, and were just coming back to painful life. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z A numb dampness spread across his lower back, and his head throbbed where it had connected to the ground. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z They’d only talked about it when they were drunk and numbed, but that hadn’t stopped the terror from seeping into their voices. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He was staring at the destroyed plane, his body numb. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z But when I push myself up on my numb arms, I see it's none of the above. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z You have a bad bruise on your arm now, but the pain of that is also numbed, like every other part of your nervous system. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z His body was numb and aching from the temperature of the water, and the darkness was impenetrable. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It hurt more than anything—more pain than a person is supposed to feel—but then the microscopic painkilling nanites in his blood released their numbing opiates. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He stopped and searched around with his numb hands for the gun. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The pain made him gasp, but he eased on some of Vola’s salve and took deep breaths until it numbed. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The Resurrection Stone slipped from between his numb fingers, and out of the corner of his eyes he saw his parents, Sirius, and Lupin vanish as he stepped forward into the firelight. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z People trod over numbed bodies, trampled wounded faces. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I ate my mango, but my tongue felt numb and I could barely taste it this time. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z But since the girls’ arrest, we were all too numb to feel or talk of any other grief. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “You stay here,” said Harry through numb lips. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I still feel numb and confused when I walk back to the dormitory later and crawl back into bed. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “You learn to hold it back, to numb yourself to it,” she said in a bitter voice. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I took the talent, but my hand was so numb I couldn’t feel it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It was late in the evening, and I just felt numb. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I wished they could stay numb like that for the rest of the week. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z A numbing silence followed, and then a riotous din rose from inside his tent. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But he was numbed, unable to say or do anything. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z It carried enough fuel to stay up for three hours, but its ejection seat was very uncomfortable and my backside got numb long before two hours had passed. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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