| 单词 | numbing |
| 例句 | 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 It’s the first physical sensation I’ve felt since the numbing gel. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I got the heater running, for once not caring about the mind- numbing roar of the engine. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “And if he persisted in his claims that he needed no numbing agent?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A rock struck my elbow, numbing my arm. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 The knowledge struck him with a numbing shock. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z That night a numbing chill descended on the ghetto. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z 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 wasn’t just running, excitement, or numbing myself with the thrill of the hunt. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Oh,” I said, and I felt a new, numbing rush of sadness. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 He felt the chill of her secrecy, numbing him, like a poison spreading quickly through his veins. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 A numbing silence followed, and then a riotous din rose from inside his tent. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He skidded into the main mast with a numbing impact. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z 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 Then the cold: arms and legs prickly, and finger numbing. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z 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 Where it touched his skin, it was cold, strangely numbing. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z 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 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 Such voracious reading was like an anesthesia, numbing me to the harsh life around me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 As I pulled myself out I felt the numbing cold creep over my legs. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 “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 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 She remembered wispy white tendrils gathering around her ankles, numbing her feet. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z 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 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 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’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 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 The numbing power of its voice seemed directed somewhere else. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 welcomed the numbing cold and even the jolt of my falls on the hard, wet ice. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z In the North, the system of “hard labor” was replaced by a system of “hard time,” that numbing, brutalizing idleness where masses of people extruded from the mainstream economy are pooled into mass penal colonies. Why Etan Patz still haunts us 2012-05-25T18:00:00Z While some folks might highlight anger and a feisty sense of resistance, the majority of comments we hear refer to a sense of cognitive numbing and mental anxiety. Beware the Trump brain rot: The cognitive effects of this administration’s actions could be disastrous 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z But the insistently blanched work of the cinematographer, Sergio Armstrong, and Ms. Rodríguez’s wan performance become numbing, and the film at times feels like a feature-length version of a daydream sequence. Movie Review: ‘Young and Wild,’ by Marialy Rivas 2012-11-30T03:23:35Z “I felt the numbing pressure that is visited upon you following great success.” Pat Conroy, best-selling author of ‘Great Santini’ and ‘Prince of Tides,’ dies at 70 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z Did you know bedbugs inject an anesthetic into you, a numbing chemical, so when they do start sucking your blood, you don’t know? Chainsaws, fire and paranoia: my total bedbug meltdown 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z But beyond scrupulous detail about the numbing boredom and the agitating misery of working in such a psyche-warping environment, the play has little to offer by way of drama. Theater Review: ?Assistance,? by Leslye Headland, Revolves Around Absent Boss 2012-02-29T00:09:35Z That's the only way to explain this ridiculously over-the-top, repetitively numbing fifth film in the "Die Hard" franchise. Capsule reviews of new movie releases 2013-02-13T21:02:09Z “The book’s numbing catalog of high-end consumer items has been drastically edited,” Stephen Holden wrote in The Times, and the body count is lower. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Love’ and ‘The Vampire Diaries’ 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Besides, this is a show striving to meet our need to sit, listen and relate as opposed to numbing out. With Uzo Aduba as a therapist, "In Treatment" returns in a sunnier location for a darker time 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z No matter what happened in Tokyo, my British collaborators and I — and the show itself — would return to a numbing holding pattern, waiting for theaters in our respective countries to reopen. For My Next Trick … Opening a New Musical in Tokyo in a Pandemic 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z For such volume of adventure, there's not much take-away in the overload of noisy action, numbing effects and pseudo-dramatic fanfare. 'Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time': Overloaded with special effects and fairy-tale gobbledygook 2010-05-26T22:20:00Z Madea is stupid, but her stupidity is comfortably numbing, an anesthetic injected into the part of my brain that demands the impossible of black women onscreen. Pour One Out for Tyler Perry’s Madea 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z Too much of it is numbing — and that goes double for reading her screeds aloud. Review: ‘Chang(e)’ Explores a Woman’s Self-Immolation 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z Practitioners of awake breast augmentation offer patients sedation and then pump in a numbing fluid. Skin Deep: Awake for Breast Implants? A Choice 2010-04-07T17:55:00Z But they quickly start to read like monumental obscene gestures of the adolescent kind, numbing, boring feats of nose-thumbing. Art in Review: Dan Colen: ?Poetry? 2010-09-17T16:47:00Z I am from the Sichuan province, and there are over 20 different kinds of flavors in Sichuan cuisine — basically combinations of sweet, salty, spicy, numbing, bitter and sour in different amounts. How to stock your pantry for Lunar New Year and everyday Asian cooking 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z "I was just numbing, numbing, numbing myself and then sleeping it off and then getting on stage, killing it in pain, then getting off and smoking, smoking, smoking, not knowing what the pain was." Lady Gaga says went "cold turkey" to break marijuana habit 2013-11-08T15:38:25Z Its numbing style is shared by artists like the composer Mason Bates and the violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain. Music Review: D J Spooky’s ‘Nauru Elegies’ at Metropolitan Museum 2013-01-20T22:29:46Z Is she dulling the pain of privilege and the numbing routines of motherhood? Review: ‘I Smile Back’ Traces a Mother’s Addiction 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Well, certainly not into rockism, but perhaps into a general fatigue with the numbing effects of the mainstream. Our Favorite Songs of 2018 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z But that would generate empathy in the audience, which is antithetical to "A Christmas . . . Present" and its apparent aim of numbing your thought processes for around 90 minutes. If "A Christmas …Present" shows what Candace Cameron Bure means by tradition, she can keep it 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z Once facial fillers appeared, the allure of nip-and-tuck treatment began waning and traditional face-lifts, with their pulling, stretching, cutting and attendant perils, lost ground to rejuvenating treatments achieved with numbing cream and a simple injection. Dr. Fredric Brandt: Cosmetic Dermatologist to the Rich and Famous 2014-03-28T20:25:48Z There’s only so much time you can spend watching well-drawn but stunted characters swilling beer and making desultory gossip about local affairs before you feel the urge to reach for some numbing palliative yourself. Theater Review: Thurber’s ‘Hill Town Plays’ Are Produced by Rattlestick 2013-09-06T02:00:01Z His camera rushes and swoops and twirls through one elaborately staged bacchanal after another but instead of creating a feeling of vibrancy, the result is repetitive and ultimately numbing. Capsule reviews of new movie releases 2013-05-08T20:12:26Z After a numbing few weeks of watching mothers tortured onscreen, the absurdly funny “Everything Everywhere” is the one that actually made me cry. When Motherhood Is a Horror Show 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z And that’s because the Trump team is not just brainwashing us or numbing our brains with Newspeak. Beware the Trump brain rot: The cognitive effects of this administration’s actions could be disastrous 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z Record Year” is about numbing a bad heartbreak with a good record collection. Are you listening to country music? Or just gossiping about it? 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z It ended up taking a numbing 19 hours. Christopher Nolan’s Latest Time-Bending Feat? ‘Dunkirk’ 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z While not common, some people get a numbing sensation on their lips after eating these mushrooms, and others may feel some gastrointestinal distress, especially with undercooked mushrooms. Skip button mushrooms and look for these 7 mushroom varieties instead 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z The program put on Thursday and Friday by the Chicago Moving Company demonstrated the staying power — some might argue numbing consistency — of atelier experimentalists. REVIEW: 'Dance Shelter' in Hamlin Park 2011-04-08T19:59:00Z There we get brief but striking scenes about numbing routines in trenches and outbursts of violence that result in scattered limbs and deeply bloodstained earth. Books by Clare Beams, Hans Herbert Grimm, April Ayers Lawson and Kelly Luce 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z This has a super pleasant, numbing, tingly effect on the tongue, and I find that when I add it to something, it elevates the whole dish. John Paul Brammer Is Obsessed With Kate Bush 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z There is talk of suicide and numbing depression with drugs. "An Act of Worship" is one Muslim American's "counternarrative of our last 30 years" 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z And the numbing sameness of every single scene is nothing short of courageous, standing as an indictment of empty consumerism, political gridlock, spiritual vacuity and the general stagnation of our age. Critic’s Notebook: Sprout Channel’s ‘Snooze-a-Thon’ on Christmas Eve 2012-12-23T22:47:32Z The sadness in the wake of what felt like my failure was numbing. Modern Love: A Forgotten Prayer, Answered ? Modern Love 2011-12-29T18:34:09Z In the midst of such an ordeal neither time nor space can contain the numbing void that attacks the soul. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z The mugging for the camera, especially by Mr. Galvin, is numbing, making the show’s rarely funny jokes even less so. Review: A Family Full of Secrets in ‘The Real O’Neals’ 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z Given the conditions of cubicle work — that beige hellscape of numbing distractions and repressed misery — what’s left for a comic writer to exaggerate? Review | If you hate office life, you’ll love — and laugh at — this novel 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z Bouncer's dream; the entire season of Dallas that didn't matter anymore because it was all Pam's nightmare … Those are just the tip of an especially numbing iceberg. Booker club: The Famished Road 2011-01-20T13:46:07Z Alcohol and weed were my main methods of numbing. Luis Felber Has Never Seen ‘Girls’ 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z If anything, these looks back should be reminders to stay vigilant against presentism, conventional wisdom and the numbing orthodoxy of groupthink. Let’s Look Back on 2021, When We Couldn’t Stop Looking Back 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z The most novel of the noodle dishes, also new, stars ragged ribbons of hand-cut pasta tossed with a sauce made rugged and numbing with chopped beef brisket and Sichuan peppercorns. Momofuku CCDC review: For the shrimp buns and servers, the wait is worth it 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z Steam boiled from kitchens serving bowls of hot and numbing soups. Ready, Set, Ski! In China, Snow Sports are the Next Big Thing 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z “There was a numbing effect and I thought: ‘I can’t live in this state where you can’t feel or see anything.’ Tony Slattery: ‘I had a very happy time until I went slightly barmy’ 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z The tiny lozenge tasted powerfully minty with a cooling, almost numbing, effect — kind of like a doubly strong Altoid. Perspective | There’s some science behind claims that gymnema can curb sugar cravings 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Ryu’s job taping cardboard boxes together seems so absurdly numbing it would surely have him invoking the couple’s “safe word,” which allows them to discuss the world outside, at regular intervals. | 'Maple and Vine': ?Maple and Vine? at Playwrights Horizons - Review 2011-12-08T03:01:15Z Both are the work of fans, and both bring home, with an occasionally numbing force, the etymology of that word: "abbr of fanatic" as my OED has it. Bruce by Peter Ames Carlin, Bruce Springsteen and the Promise of Rock 'n' Roll by Marc Dolan – review 2012-11-28T08:00:01Z Instead of distracting or numbing the viewer it enlivens and hooks us. HBO Max is here – but not for everyone! Here's how to watch, plus reviews of every original show 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z He disappeared into the house and returned brandishing fiery facing-heaven chilis and numbing Sichuan peppercorns. The Widow of a Nobel-Winning Chinese Dissident Rebuilds Her Career as an Artist 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z And since my higher self knows this, I needed to keep numbing myself in a vicious circle to blot out this truth. I got hooked on Uber Eats. Not as a customer — as a delivery driver 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z In plays that move at a deliberate, restrained pace, these writers pose a necessary counterweight to the numbing quick-bite culture of distraction that seems to be engulfing us. Amy Herzog and Others Bring New Voices to Stage 2012-06-07T16:47:59Z If only the new myth didn’t feel equally constricting: a numbing catalogue of felonies and fetishes, with everyone found guilty and no one worth mourning. Review | James Ellroy’s new novel is an unabashedly retro tale of Hollywood’s sordid side 2021-06-20T04:00:00Z It was pleasant enough, though numbing the longer it went on. The Golden Globes Sets the Thermometer to Warm 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z The overall effect of these and many other more or less urgently topical, invariably well-made images is ultimately numbing. Art Review: The Fully Engaged Lens 2011-05-12T21:57:40Z If the scientific data doesn't floor you, then the torpor might: the repetitive ideas, the numbing speeches, the old men. What was COP26? A slog, a spectacle — and, for one youthful delegation, an opportunity. 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Walsh, one of Ireland’s finest living writers, has shown a talent for dramatizing lives mired in numbing routine. | Oct. 17 ? 23 2010-10-15T16:51:00Z A theater of images, no matter how visually entrancing, is numbing to me. Character development counts in bringing plays to life onstage 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z If there’s something numbing about the dogged insistence on starting over before moving on, there’s something delightful about the ingenuity of small variations. Review: The Stephen Petronio Company Reconnects 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z That’s also where fans gathered in the numbing cold after he died to lay flowers, many unaware, until that day, that he’d been a fellow New Yorker. David Bowie: Invisible New Yorker 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z Her distinguished husband is narrow-minded and restrictive, and she finds motherhood numbing. Elena Ferrante’s ‘Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay’ 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z The numbing aftermath included, for one witness, the realization that, in farm country, people were not the only casualties. Critic’s Notebook: Nature Is a Threat in ‘Tornado Alley’ and ‘Will to Live’ 2014-04-25T19:03:32Z He also has 11 grandchildren, and one of his current preoccupations is the numbing effects of digital technology on millennials. The Return of Werner Erhard, Father of Self-Help 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Even subjected to the numbing battery of oft-repeated questions, Downey radiates the tangled electricity of a man who could make an emotional connection with a lamppost. Robert Downey Jr. hasn’t just made it all the way back, he’s made it all the way to the top “Some of my food, like the crystal shrimp dumplings and hot and numbing crispy beef, are traditional, but I’ve interpreted other dishes,” he said. Jue Lan Club’s High-End Chinese in the Flatiron District 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z And his evocation of numbing industrial din in the colossal rumbling of “Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues” is so vivid that the lyrics are almost irrelevant. Music Review: New-Music Champion Pays a Call 2011-01-09T22:56:47Z So if you grow up as a dancer, it’s terrifying, it’s numbing. A Word With: Mark Morris: Cracking Open A Holiday Classic 2010-12-02T22:55:00Z Although this song has been worked over obsessively and played before a stunned audience, Dylan has changed up the tempo, and turns another numbing blues into something wholly different. Bob Dylan’s “electric trilogy” masterpieces: I played all 18 discs and 357 tracks. Here’s why you should 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z The New York art adviser Lisa Schiff talked about how the “numbing saturation” of the art world and the pressures of globalization had created an “impasse” in today’s market. ‘What Next?’ an Uncertain Art World Asks, Sticking to Proven Brands 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z It wasn’t uninteresting, but Mr. dos Santos maintains a relentless pace and a caricatural ambiance that get a bit numbing after a while. Dance Review: Attitude and Hip-Hop for the Naughty Sides, Ballet for the Nice 2011-04-07T22:22:43Z During a separate interview, however, he said that other parts of the film were tougher to endure, even if they look tamer, because they were shot in numbing cold. About That Bear: Alejandro G. Iñárritu Discusses Making ‘The Revenant’ 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z In “We Do Abortions Here”—retitled “Fetus Dreams” in the new collection—she emphasizes “the numbing sameness lurking in this job: the same questions, the same answers, even the same trembling tone in the voices.” Sallie Tisdale’s Quietly Groundbreaking Essays About Caring for Others 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z In the last decade, both comedies and dramas have gotten a lot better at showing us adults who are recognizable humans, not just collections of showbiz gestures assembled into a numbing whole. Don Draper?s reckoning nears 2012-05-21T12:45:00Z Delivering food is a numbing escape I can pretend is good for me because hey, I'm earning money. I got hooked on Uber Eats. Not as a customer — as a delivery driver 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z Such repetitiveness increasingly turns the work into a numbing choreographic exercise; the dancers, while technically strong, emote to excess. Suzanne Beahrs’s ‘Rise’ at Danspace Project 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z She and the killer comfort, goad and manipulate each other during a numbing cycle of interrogations, confessions and searches for remains. Television Review: Emily Watson in ?Appropriate Adult? on Sundance Channel - Review 2011-12-09T23:35:32Z “The sight of my father’s body entering the cremation chamber is mesmerizing and numbing,” Rodrigo writes. Review | Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s son recalls the death of a literary giant 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z Borrowing a friend’s neologism, Parkin uses the term “chronoslip” to describe the way video games affect one’s sense of time, numbing one to its passing. Can playing video games kill you? 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z But over time, I have come to prefer simplicity over an exhausting complexity and numbing elaboration. The Pour: El Bulli and a Meal for the Ages 2010-09-22T04:20:00Z On land and underwater, the verisimilitude of the violence is numbing. ‘Medieval’ Review: Flaying Alive 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z In the long term, ceaseless fury is probably more likely to curdle into passivity and cynicism, as people seek relief from their anger by numbing themselves to the news. ‘Every day brings some new trauma’: keeping calm in an anxious world 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z A good part of this should be included in any history of the United States, but here, presented in isolation, without context or deeper analysis, the effect is numbing. Exhibition Review: ‘Records of Rights’ at the National Archives 2013-12-16T23:52:04Z Instead, we infuse the oil with garlic, ginger and spices like numbing and citrusy Sichuan peppercorn, star anise, cumin and fennel, before straining it and pouring it, sizzling-hot, over toasted chiles. Chile Crisp Is Even Good With Ice Cream 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z But “Fight Song,” which went to No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, is also outrageously grating, almost numbing in its Disney-esque simplicity and sanded-smooth edges. Review: Rachel Platten Experiments With ‘Wildfire’ 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z But alongside the more upsetting episodes – the numbing effect of the medication, the forgotten faces, the escapes from hospital in the night – there were happy times. Ray Winstone: cinema's hard man plays Alzheimer's patient 2013-01-15T19:00:02Z The fact that it's entirely sung, "live" on set, supposedly communicates more "emotion", but this is already oversaturated with so much melodramatic incident, the effect is numbing. This week's new films 2013-01-12T06:00:00Z The numbing comfort of small tasks balances out the useless sense of being able to offer nothing. When everything’s wrong, only baked pasta feels right 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z Tolson helps hold the snake as Marble injects a bit of numbing lidocaine near its tail. An unlikely wildlife haven on controversial Guantanamo Bay 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z As a result, much of the first half of “Casebook,” with blow-by-blow accounts of Miles’s detective work, becomes numbing. Books of The Times: In ‘Casebook,’ Mona Simpson Explores a Family 2014-04-14T21:15:11Z That's the only way to explain the ridiculously over-the-top, repetitively numbing fifth film in the "Die Hard" franchise, the clunkily titled "A Good Day to Die Hard." Review: The latest `Die Hard' movie simply won't 2013-02-13T22:46:05Z But trying to make sense of what was going on, which we really didn’t, required a bit of numbing. Fiction: You Live Here Now 2012-07-14T16:00:00Z I discussed the facts but couldn’t face the raw data—my own memories—without breaking or numbing down. Confronting my Exxon Valdez horror 25 years later 2014-03-26T23:00:00Z There’s the numbing violence of the sociopaths the business attracts. Review: FX’s ‘Snowfall’ Dramatizes an Origin Story for Crack Cocaine 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z What grew numbing, over the course of the show, were the band’s limitations: stylistic, structural and maybe physical. Music Review: Banter Is Cheery, but Songs Are Not 2011-04-27T21:53:46Z From the start, the stories collected here are airless and numbing. Review: ‘Let Me Tell You’ Collects Early Works by Shirley Jackson 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z Much the same numbing logic governs “Diaz — Don’t Clean Up This Blood,” a crude docudrama about the savage beatings that Italian police in Genoa inflicted on anti-globalization protesters in 2001. Film: At Berlinale, Something for Everyone 2012-02-17T17:13:20Z “A profound and numbing pessimism” pervades campuses, the authors write. What Do This Season’s Political Books Tell Us About the Election? 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Tower’s new primer is a small book that, like most etiquette volumes, delivers a great deal of advice so obvious as to be numbing. Review: ‘Table Manners,’ Chef Jeremiah Tower’s Guide for All Dining Challenges 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Spiced specializes in the numbing heat Szechuan restaurants all over America pretend to serve. Spiced isn't shy about turning up the Szechuan heat 2010-12-30T20:33:04Z I decided to quit everything chemical, including Prozac, to stop numbing myself. My agnostic AA 2012-06-20T18:28:00Z The continual switching between recordings, often midsong, keeps the hourlong show moving, though it also contributes to an eventually numbing sense of one thing after another. Dance Review: Focus Cia de Dança Performs at the Joyce Theater 2014-03-11T21:02:30Z Juliet cuts herself to refocus away from her emotional torment and toward physical pain, even while suffering a prescribed, numbing fog. Review | A writer turns her suicide attempts and self-harm into lyrical prose with ‘Juliet the Maniac’ 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z What a blessing, to find someone else in this numbing, neurotic, noisy city who makes you feel like you really lived here. The “Broad City” Finale: Abbi and Ilana’s Conscious Uncoupling 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z Somebody once wrote that my vocal "was more numbing than Novocaine". Portrait of the artist: Sharleen Spiteri, musician 2010-09-20T21:30:00Z Our group spent much of our time in the remote mountain village of Maubara in the west of the country, numbing gums, pulling teeth and filling holes. Timor-Leste: what it's like to travel in a land without tourists 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Sabaah Folayan, who directed “Whose Streets?” with Damon Davis, said she sought to avoid numbing audiences with grim statistics to instead plumb the daily lives of a few activists. Going Hyperlocal, Filmmakers Explore the Pain of Racism 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z Instead, moviemakers bludgeon viewers, numbing them into quiescence with pictorial monotony punctuated by apocalyptic clamor, with the same repetitive story beats, explosions, close shaves and grindingly unsurprising saves. ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Delivers the Thrills, With a Touch of Humanity 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z By the time his movie “Outrage” — not part of this series — had its premiere at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, his penchant for abstract brutality had reached almost numbing levels. Movie Listings for Nov. 18-24 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Foursquare rhythmic patterning combined with choreographic single-mindedness for a numbing effect. Dance Review: David Parsons at Joyce Theater - Review 2012-01-12T23:40:07Z He moves into the treacherous waters of “Novacane,” a song ostensibly about drugs, but more poignantly the numbing ache of loneliness. Lollapalooza Day 2: Chief Keef, Frank Ocean, Chili Peppers and an evacuation 2012-08-05T07:02:00Z Both convey the tingling, almost numbing sensation on the tongue that is the hallmark of Sichuan pepper. Tingly Oils From Chongqing 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z What they're doing looks as relentless and numbing as the rain: the same shots practised over and over again. Rock critic Alexis Petridis reviews the GB Olympics beach volleyball team 2012-07-15T18:07:30Z The full detail of the atomic structure of myoglobin, depicted below with sticks representing the bonds between atoms, is almost too much to comprehend — numbing in its complexity. Myoglobin: turd of the century? 2013-04-19T06:29:00Z Paradoxically, the camera work is so dazzling that it becomes a little numbing. Television Review | 'Life': On Discovery, Wonders of Nature, With Oprah Winfrey 2010-03-19T23:31:00Z The coldness in her which he later complained of reads like the byproduct of the numbing and settled depression from which she was suffering by her 20s. The Mother of Frankenstein 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z And in the constant, often numbing deluge of social media, these were the Twitter moments we couldn’t stop talking about. The best tweets of 2014 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z “And yet he did use humor as a weapon to get people’s attention. Most political discourse is numbing. If you are going to engage people, you have to engage them at all levels.” Boris Johnson, London’s lively mayor, writes about Churchill and muses about his future Before the procedure, they gave me some numbing cream. Me and my vulva: 100 women reveal all 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z These are mostly intimate, domestic scenes, but Thomas understands how the numbing, repetitive minutiae of caretaking are often freighted with unspeakable pain. A Place Beyond Words: The Literature of Alzheimer’s 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z The restaurateurs decided to use thin lamb chops instead, marinated briefly, stir-fried on the bone for more flavor, then vibrantly spiced with a last-minute hit of numbing Sichuan pepper and toasted ground cumin. How Peter Chang makes his cumin lamb so tender 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z Kane clearly saw her struggle to hang onto the "beautiful pain that says I exist" against the numbing interventions of psychiatric medicines as an act of artistic defiance. From Rhino Fest, reviews of "4:48 Psychosis" and "Poverty" 2011-01-27T18:39:00Z The numbing routine of the hospital is disrupted when a hotheaded, seriously injured young man bursts in. Review: The Opera ‘Crossing’ Shows Why Whitman Matters Today 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z Up until that moment I felt fine, the rush of adrenaline numbing any pain or trauma. I lost the use of my most important kitchen tool: My hand. The only way forward was to keep cooking. 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z Runels hummed his way into the room and after drawing blood from Julie’s arm, he loaded it into the centrifuge and left us alone so that Pamela could lather on the numbing cream. Dr Orgasm will see you now: is the O-Shot what women need for better sex? 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z The result was buttery, sweet and savory and gently numbing. Choice Tables: In Chengdu, China, Remaking Sichuan Food 2010-11-16T00:30:00Z But he's no UK Drake or Weeknd: he's not the victim of the isolation experienced by a lonely superstar, nor is he mired in a morally perilous, numbing hyper-hedonism, partying into oblivion with his friends. New band of the day (Nick Brewer 1,563) 2013-07-29T16:02:00Z Like a commercial art fair, the exhibition is fun and exhilarating at first, then the diversity and quantity are numbing and, finally, depressing. Art In Review: BRUCENNIAL 2012 2012-03-01T22:54:38Z It may be my favorite Le Sia sauce, although it’s a close call between that and its near relative, “numbing and spicy,” which is propelled into tingling ma la territory by Sichuan peppercorns. The Chinese Crayfish Craze Hits the East Village, at Le Sia 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z As the story unfolds, Joan’s depravity has a numbing effect, and the unremitting degeneracy of the male characters begins to seem didactic. Battle of the Sexes? For This Voracious Heroine, It’s All-Out War. 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z By not developing characters fully so that they're identifiable and relatable, the violence they endure proves numbing. 'Unfreedom,' with stale perspectives and gratuitous sex, has a hollow ring 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z However, Cable – a drummer able to lay down a song in two takes – increasingly felt frustrated with the numbing perfectionism of modern rock recording and soon tired of the band. Stuart Cable obituary 2010-06-07T17:39:00Z It is flat, largely featureless, the vegetable fields and grazing acres dotted now and then by a factory or a forbidding convenience store with men in front swigging Gatorade or more numbing beverages. I Hopped a Plane Just for a Barbecue Sandwich. I’d Do It Again. 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Slightly different from an escape, but no less transporting, is how “Fauda” can allow viewers here to momentarily remove themselves from the numbing zero-sum game of the conflict and its dueling narratives. ‘Fauda,’ an Israeli TV Hit, Lets Viewers Escape — Into the Conflict 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z Taken individually, these songs are in the canon for a reason, of course; one after another, their effect is numbing. Review: Roll Over, Beethoven? At ‘Rocktopia,’ It’s Time to Roll Back 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z He’s got an urgent, high voice that he deploys with nuclear force and focus on songs about the numbing effects of drugs and sex. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Kiss Land’ is the Weeknd’s New Album 2013-09-08T21:45:10Z Yet in a movie as happy to resurrect characters as rub them out, nothing is of consequence, and the glibness grows numbing. Review: In ‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle,’ the Natty Spies Are Back 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z The book describes concert after numbing concert, until all the stage patter gets mixed up in your mind. Books of The Times: Under a Strange, Soulful Spell 2010-02-19T05:52:00Z When someone emotionally eats, they can experience the numbing of intense negative emotion, can be distracted and feel a sense of comfort. How childhood trauma can lead to obesity in people with serious mental illness 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Anything labeled “hot & numbing,” including flounder sharing its clay pot with tofu, should be taken seriously, although the agreeable burning sensation never masks the flavor of the featured ingredients. Peter Chang restaurant review: A master’s cooking, times two 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z But it’s a bit numbing to witness the tactic in quick succession, as in the show, when she followed “Parachute,” a stand-alone single released in 2010, with “In the Sea,” from the new album. Music Review: ?Human Again?: Ingrid Michaelson at Joe?s Pub 2012-01-25T22:52:18Z That’s the power of mass violence: its ability to transform specific loss into general loss, numbing our collective consciousness. A Father’s Corpse Journeys Across War-Torn Syria in This Masterly Novel 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Accentuated by Michaël Attias’s harsh, percussive score, this is a loud, numbing world, most spectacularly so in a scene in a video arcade populated by toughs, including one who beat up Elvira. Theater Review: ‘In a Year With 13 Moons,’ Directed by Robert Woodruff 2013-05-09T21:08:43Z But often the alchemy is just right, and I create a masterpiece, a mind-blowing, tongue numbing, eye-watering elixir. Flavor bomb roasted chicken bites tossed with pepper 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z Action movies, including Mr. Carnahan’s earlier films, often turn death into sport, numbing pain, fear and desolation with the visceral rush of violence. Movie Review: Liam Neeson in Joe Carnahan?s Thriller ?The Grey? 2012-01-26T22:19:02Z He joined the army at age 17 and served three years, "numbing years," he called them, "years of non-growing." Walter Dean Myers, 73, a hero to young readers 2011-03-04T14:51:12Z Women’s TV Block With 2-Track Mind A plea to all the women out there, especially the mothers: Resist the numbing allure of NickMom, a late-night programming block Nick Jr. began last month. Critic’s Notebook: NickMom, a Late-Night Programming Block on Nick Jr. 2012-11-08T22:51:46Z What we get instead is never-ending undulation, a numbing beauty set to a playlist of music that might be labeled “Sounds for a Relaxing Bath.” Review: Dreamy Cowboys and a Ballet Bath 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z If they ever questioned the numbing consumerism that dictates their aspirations, they are deaf to it now. Two Novels for and About Lost Millennial Women 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z “Who Moved My Cheese?” has all the requisite qualities of these other self-help bestsellers: extravagant claims to universal application, great profundity nested in numbing simplicity, catchphrases designed for infinite repetition. Perspective | ‘Who Moved My Cheese’ became a monster hit. Twenty years later, we’re still wondering why. 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z You have to make sure you’re not numbing yourself, you’re not dulling yourself as you get older and things get harder, physically and emotionally, so you stop paying attention to what’s going on around you. Jason Isbell’s got hope for the high road: “If you yell at people they’re going to stop listening” 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z A numbing Vatican subplot, featuring Jesuit derring-do and a Marian prophecy, threatens to put a stake into the narrative. Review | The vampire novel we deserve right now 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Also unpalatable was Post Malone’s failure to shout out 21 Savage, who is currently being detained by ICE, while performing “Rockstar,” the pair’s melancholic song about the numbing effects of fame. It’s Too Late for the Grammys to Redeem Themselves 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Here, where it is called big plate chicken, the dish is quieter, made with just a pinch of that numbing pepper and a generous dash of a Turkish spice mix made to flavor meat patties. Cumin Rules the Menu at Jiang Diner in the East Village 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z It’s enough to know that they keep her awake at night; that she prefers the lightly numbing, Zenlike routine of her unglamorous job at a fortune-cookie factory in San Francisco. ‘Fremont’ Review: Rapid Transit 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z The mix of ghost, habanero and an untold number of other chiles will send your lips into an instant state of numbing self-preservation. Where to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner in Indianapolis 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z It’s inventive and occasionally exhilarating, but the relentless outpouring of steps finally feels numbing. Dance Review: San Francisco Ballet Finishes Its London Season 2012-09-25T22:04:19Z It is for her daughter to fill in those gaps for us, with accounts of the kind of numbing, oppressive and outright abusive existence that so many people accept as a life sentence. ‘Lucy Barton’ Review: Laura Linney Finds Her Perfect Match 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z The anguished wails of pain from mourners are numbing and juxtaposed with protesters urging to "stop the killings." "Aswang" examines the horror of life under Duterte & the extra-judicial killings targeting the poor 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z He has a great many relations who seem to get married and buried with numbing regularity. ‘Downton Abbey’ Season 6, Episode 3 Recap: So Nice to See Him Again? 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z As as you walk through the show, the beat of ideological purposefulness grows numbing. ‘Paint the Revolution’ Offers Mexican Muralist Muscle and Delicate Beauty 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z The pervasive language, which consists of homophobia, racism, sexism and entitlement, is numbing. "I feel like politicians are born in fraternities": "The Line" director on Greek life mindset 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z After four episodes–what Fox sent to critics–it was just exhausting, a numbing, gross-out slog. The Following: Bloody Awful 2013-01-22T14:05:43Z Along with the aforementioned mackerel, there are fermented mustard greens, charged with a housemade chile oil zapped with numbing Sichuan pepper, among other heat sources. Review | Emilie’s, from chef Kevin Tien, brings some good news to the Hill 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z At best — for those who beat the odds and find success — it devolves into a numbing distraction from personal disappointment. What’s Wrong With Men in America? 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z St. Lucia turned even more digital in its numbing set of faux new wave, its performance the quietest noise that can be made by five people striving to make a racket. Critic’s Notebook: Bastille and St. Lucia Take Different Musical Routes 2014-01-24T22:51:14Z “Joker” is a viewing experience of a rare, numbing emptiness. “Joker” Is a Viewing Experience of Rare, Numbing Emptiness 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Predictably, they didn’t really do much of either, often settling into a numbing midtempo clang. Review | Snail Mail’s sold-out Black Cat show finds the buzz band still finding its footing 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z Doulas are growing in popularity and represent a maternity philosophy that shies away from numbing medications and overly medicalized deliveries. Erykah Badu Delivers 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z A numbing torrent of largely unidentified film clips and poorly labeled commentary, Rob Garver’s overstuffed tribute to the life and work of America’s best-known — and most written about — film critic is at times barely coherent. ‘What She Said’ Review: Pauline Kael, Screen Queen 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z The hospitals are overflowing with stories as maddening as the altar boy’s train-track trauma, as numbing Sam Stone’s lonely overdose. Perspective | John Prine’s lyrical one-liners could take your breath away 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z "Mala spice uses ingredients, such as numbing peppercorn, red chili powder, chili oil, cilantro, scallion. The five spice seasoning has white pepper, Chinese cinnamon, sugar, salt, mushroom powder and more." How McDonald's Szechuan Sauce went from a "just fine" '90s relic to a riot-causing cult condiment 2021-01-24T05:00:00Z The programs, too commonly a numbing pileup of tired showpieces and frustrating excerpts, disappoint. An All-Star Dance Gala Takes Risks and Soars 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z Now, as proud citizens of the information age, our unprecedented access to the past comes with the worry that we might be numbing ourselves to the wonders of the present. Did rock-and-roll die at Desert Trip? Or did it finally achieve eternal life? 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Toasted ground cumin and pungent cilantro complete the shock treatment; brace yourself for some heat and the numbing effect of the Sichuan spicing. Review | Chinese food, elevated with fresh ideas 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z But stretched to two hours, including an intermission, the pastel absurdism segues from cloying to numbing. Early-’60s Absurdism in ‘Red Eye of Love’ 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Characters repeat one another frequently, in a manner that can be seen as either incantatory or numbing, depending on your patience level. Books of The Times: ?1Q84? by Haruki Murakami - Review 2011-11-09T19:28:08Z One of the novel’s spikier and more resonant points is that entertainment is its own drug, numbing us against discomfort. ‘Brave New World’ Arrives in the Future It Predicted 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z Katherine Freer’s projections vividly illustrate everything from the routine of LaQuanda clearing security to her numbing travelogue of facilities in an ironically beautiful ode to Upstate New York. Review | This galvanizing new play tries to humanize lives lived behind bars 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z These are figures from classical theater who show up with numbing regularity in the life of a drama critic. Theater Talkback: Just When You Think You Know Somebody . . . 2010-09-01T21:24:00Z We are being lazy, we are numbing out. "There's lots of ways to be insecure": Jemima Kirke reflects on her "Girls" and "City on Fire" roles 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z The repetition would be numbing if each did not yield a new horror. Review: ‘Last Men in Aleppo,’ Models of Courage Under Fire 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z “Mr. McCarthy has summoned his fiercest visions to invoke the devastation. He gives voice to the unspeakable in a terse cautionary tale that is too potent to be numbing,” Janet Maslin wrote in her review. Cormac McCarthy’s Unsettling Dream of a Novel 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z At other times the production is just numbing, in the way that shows that seem hermetically sealed to outsiders can be. Theater Review: ‘Seagull (Thinking of You),’ at New Ohio Theater 2013-01-16T22:35:06Z Some women and men do everything “right” – they use gobs of lubricant, they start out slowly, relax, communicate well with their partner, avoid desensitizing or numbing gels/creams – and yet it still hurts. Anal sex: Science’s last taboo 2012-10-05T23:30:00Z It was when Maddow added, "It does not tend to translate success anywhere other than the conservative media," that her argument veered into the territory of numbing balm. What Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon's firings say about the impact of episodically dominant figures 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Your child is likely to feel brief pain considering the ears contain nerve endings, though numbing cream is an option, Gentles said. Babies and ear piercings: Is it ever OK? 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z It took a year for her to record the tracks for the album as she alternated between numbing bouts of grief, when she "was a complete mess," and bursts of creative energy. Judith Owen connects with '70s troubadours on her new 'Ebb & Flow' 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z A customer can pretty much point anywhere on the menu — numbing mapo tofu, stir-fried greens with garlic, spiced lamb ribs — and hit the jackpot. Tom Sietsema’s 8 favorite places to eat right now 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z On Day 2, I went to the gym to prepare for the numbing couch time ahead, then picked up the remote psyched. I Was Misinformed: A ‘House of Cards’ Binge Takes Its Toll 2014-02-21T23:08:59Z The heat, salt and numbing spiciness of the Sichuan seasoning magnified the fruit of the rosé in such a way that made the wine seem bigger, more expansive than it was on its own. Rosé loves the heat — and we’re not talking about the weather 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z That was true on “My Cabana,” his breakout hit last year, even though it was more numbing than most of “Whoop!,” his excellent 2012 mixtape with the rapper Joe Moses, which was far more intriguing. Critic’s Notebook: He’s Acting Out; It’s on Purpose 2013-07-10T21:52:21Z Far from advancing and reinforcing the desired view, such numbing movies suggest that the view exacts a price in vitality; viewers will decide for themselves whether the trade-off is worth it. “The Hate U Give,” Reviewed: An Empathetic, Nuanced Portrait of a Teen’s Political Awakening 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Aside from the helplessness, the grinding, numbing relentlessness of it might be the most striking thing about his book. Amy and me 2012-06-25T19:00:04Z A black intellectual recalls numbing torture, a white Rhodesian gripes about servants who anticipate freedom, and rebels in Mozambique envision a new order. ‘Concerning Violence,’ a Postcolonialist Montage 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z “So you have to stop it,” Bruce says, referring either to the “fight” or Gordon’s penchant for numbing exposition. 'Gotham' Recap: Land Deals and Flutes of Death 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z “Nevicata” was riveting: Images of snowflakes falling from an ashen heaven are conveyed in the piano through numbing, repeated midrange tones, surrounded by elusive chords and, at the end, skittish, almost jazzy flourishes. Review: In a Flat World, a Soprano Conjures Italy 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Alas, “with numbing regularity, good people were seen to knuckle under to the demands of authority and perform actions that were callous and severe.” Review | What the ‘Resistance Library’ shows us about America’s struggles today 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z Each employment opportunity provides mind numbing repetitive but skilled work for low pay, as well as a series of restless co-workers that are both amusing and irritating. The 10 best Labor Day movies for folks who can't watch "9-to-5" one more time 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z "Gob Squad's Kitchen" implicitly skewers the holier-than-thou coolness of Warhol's poseurs — deliberately chosen by the artist for their attractive shallowness — and the numbing banality of the unscripted screen opuses they wafted through. Gob Squad skewers and pays tribute to Warhol's Factory 2012-09-28T22:12:05Z They ask so much of players at once that they risk failing to please or provoke by numbing them with an endless list of menial, if optional, tasks. In Fantasy Life and Other Games, Jobs and To-Do Lists 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z The numbing routine of the hospital is shaken by the arrival of a wary, hotheaded young wounded man. Review: Matthew Aucoin’s ‘Crossing’ Is a Taut, Inspired Opera 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z Gus is too sapped by the numbing routine of his job and his marriage to go out. Critic?s Notebook: A Blizzard This Summer at Glimmerglass 2011-08-02T16:06:03Z But you don’t need causality to be critical of excessive, numbing, bludgeoning violence in pop culture. What We Should Be Thinking About Pop-Culture Violence, and What We Will Probably Do Instead 2012-12-20T13:00:20Z But the spicy banter he dispenses from his cycle has the effect of numbing the pain. Cody Rigsby Needs Dessert. And Cheetos. And Drag Queens. 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z A meticulous realism transcribes in numbing detail every syllable of classroom conversation, alongside a great daily fuss about printing and stapling — the literal pushing of papers. In Two New Novels, the Trouble Is Academic — and All Too Real 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z When I was asked to give this talk to a roomful of aspiring writers, I had to confront the elephant-in-the-room question: How shall we continue to write in these numbing times? Love in the Time of Numbness; or, Doctor Chekhov, Writer 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z For 10 years, he slipped himself into a textbook middle-class existence: house in Surrey, job in computing, numbing visits to cinema and garden centre. John Burnside: a life in writing 2011-08-26T21:54:01Z The daily toll of violence in the deep south is so numbing that each new beheading, explosion and drive-by shooting falls further back into the pages of the Thai press. A Poet's Return Home to Thailand's Violent South 2010-10-20T16:28:00Z Either way, this sound — muddled, breezy, numbing, hypnotic — is here to stay for a while, and we should be listening for its nuance. Review | Yes, you can judge this Snoh Aalegra album by its cover 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z Yet even more nightmarish are the descriptions of everyday life in a society where numbing poverty is ubiquitous. Review | For Stieg Larsson fans, a new voice — and an even darker side of Sweden 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z From “the soporifics of normalcy” to “the numbing raptures of the Web,” “Zero K” captures us “trapped in our own obsessive clamor.” Don DeLillo’s novel ‘Zero K’ captures the swelling fears of our age 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z In the ’80s, mushroom clouds began to sprout on MTV with numbing regularity, as if the network’s entire purpose was to toughen up the children of the Reagan era through a fit of atomic hiccups. Perspective | Can a pop song prepare us for the end of the world? 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z The spatial confines help keep the stakes and the vibe somewhat more intimate than in many action flicks, which helps save him from indulging in one of those numbing finales that plague the genre. Movie Review: In ‘White House Down,’ Channing Tatum Rescues the Nation 2013-06-27T20:33:58Z We get a very real sense of the numbing routine. "It is a civil war": "Heroic" director on how the Mexican military makes ordinary men into killers 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z The liability is the series' relentless consistency – a positive trait through its first two or three seasons which, in the post-Nicholas Brody version of the series, calcified into a sort of numbing predictability. "Homeland" returns one last time for a final hope of ending an endless war 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z In my opinion, they ripped open his chest and exposed all his nerves and then, instead of helping him deal with the emotions that arose, simply threw in massive quantities of numbing meds. War destroyed my husband 2012-08-24T00:00:00Z But the primary purpose of the parties, he suggested, is to counteract the numbing effects of an increasingly digitized culture. For Office Workers, Lunchtime Dance Parties 2013-05-08T21:40:27Z The pepper doesn’t provide any sort of numbing: just an earthy, peppery spice that really compliments the fruity lemon and peach esters, and finishes dry and fruity. Beer of the Week: Logsdon Szech ’n Brett 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z What of the editorials that are scathing criticism on the surface, but which, when scratched, reveal underneath the same numbing agent? Ani DiFranco: We the people are in charge — and we can insist that the Electoral College voters save our democracy 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z That this strategy is so commonplace merely illustrates the ugly divorce between entertainment and reality, as well as the relentless numbing of our sensibilities to gun violence. What TV gets wrong about guns 2014-02-14T23:30:00Z So determined is Sapphire to expose the brutalisation of children and so relentless is the book's bleakness that the effect is sometimes numbing. The Kid by Sapphire ? review 2011-08-19T11:15:01Z Individually, some of these images are very striking; however, in this long, 40-minute piece, not only does King start repeating his ideas, but the monotony of the work's scale becomes numbing. Alonzo King Lines Ballet 2010-08-27T16:53:00Z In another case, no one was available to administer general anesthesia, so Amar performed breast surgery with only a local numbing agent. When Bill Cosby wanted Quaaludes, he turned to this gynecologist 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Rather than request a numbing option at the dentist, he used a “focus in” meditation technique to direct all of his attention to his mouth with as much calming equanimity as he could muster. Learning to Accept Discomfort Could Help You Thrive 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Across Israel and inside the Gaza Strip, the sheer scale of deaths, the numbing numbers of fatalities, are overwhelming the living. 'I need to ask God why.' In Israel and Gaza, the scale of death overwhelms the living 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z One aspect of the national campaign by Moms for Liberty and its allies is the numbing sameness of the list of books that are being identified as objectionable, and in some places banned or restricted. Moms for Liberty meets its match: Parents in this swing suburban district are fighting back 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z “He really waits for the numbing shot to set in.” Sanaz Toossi, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, makes the leap to star in her own play, ‘English’ 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z We know that chronic avoidance, chronic numbing, denying, avoiding, all of this, is just addiction and its various manifestations. Your brain is powered by literal emotional energy. An expert explains how to find the right balance 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z It cost nothing to digitally reproduce data and words, and so we have them in numbing abundance. The Dream Was Universal Access to Knowledge. The Result Was a Fiasco. 2023-08-13T04:00:00Z Lifton describes psychic numbing as "a diminished capacity or inclination to feel" prompted by "the completely unprecedented dimension of this revolution in technological destructiveness." Profiteers of armageddon: Oppenheimer and the birth of the nuclear-industrial complex 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z One aspect of the national campaign by Moms for Liberty and its allies is the numbing sameness of the list of books that are being identified as objectionable. Moms for Liberty meets its match: Parents in this swing suburban district are fighting back 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z The numbing effect, she said, may influence some of them to adopt criminal behaviors themselves. Girl struck by stray bullet inside D.C. home as innocent children can’t dodge city’s violence 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Over the extended Fourth of July holiday, as has become all too normal in the U.S., there was a numbing series of 16 mass shootings in 13 states and Washington D.C. The forgotten survivors of shootings speak 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z Conservative "bestsellers" are almost invariably distinguished by their numbing sameness: a shrill cry of victimhood, a hunt for scapegoats, a tone that alternates between hysteria and heavy sarcasm. There's no such thing as a conservative intellectual — only apologists for right-wing power 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z In the case of the migrants, one could almost speak of an emotional numbing process. The World Rallied to Find Missing Titan Sub but Ignored Shipwrecked Migrants 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z The first episode finds Jimmy, a year into his mourning, hitting rock bottom, numbing himself with booze and drugs and a late-night pool party with call girls. Jason Segel finds his calm even amid the comically dark territory of 'Shrinking' 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z Visual evidence of the carnage spills with numbing frequency onto TV shows and floods the internet. Former gun company executive explains roots of America’s gun violence epidemic 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z His subject, as ever, is the perilous state of modern China, witnessed here in the numbing daily routines of teenage garment workers as they manufacture children’s clothes in the privately owned workshops of Zhili City. All 21 movies in competition at Cannes, ranked from worst to best 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z ABC’s idea was born out of a desire to bring something new to stories that have taken on a numbing familiarity. ABC News crew spends year in Uvalde, documents journey of survivors, families of shooting victims 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z Even before the death of his son, and now his granddaughter, the Rev. Sam Saylor knew well how gun violence was eating away at his community — a numbing regularity in too many neighborhoods, he said. Gunfire took their son at 20. Now it takes his daughter, 12 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z In March 1969, Canadian philosopher and media theory expert Marshall McLuhan, in an interview with Playboy magazine, no less, warned us about the "numbing" sense that instantaneous transmission of information brings to our culture. Here's the real lesson of the Fox News trial: It's time to break up Big Media 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z He worked numbing shifts that left him chilled each night even though he worked in the heaviest jacket he could afford. As Migrant Children Were Put to Work, U.S. Ignored Warnings 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z The population has dwindled over the years, driven away by the numbing poverty and the lack of economic opportunity. Hoping for a Comeback in a Town With Nothing to Come Back to 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z With scenes of epic destruction uncorked with numbing frequency, the picture drags. ‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’ review: There’s no saving this joyless superhero movie 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z They called 61 witnesses and introduced more than 550 pieces of evidence over 17 days of testimony — from descriptions of the brutality of the killings to numbing details about bank records. What to know about Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Prosecutors called 61 witnesses and introduced more than 550 pieces of evidence over 17 days of testimony — from descriptions of the brutality of the killings to numbing details about bank records. Will Alex Murdaugh testify? Takeaways from his murder trial 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z “That and some numbing helped out a lot,” Raleigh said. Mariners’ Cal Raleigh catches first bullpen, says thumb feels ‘great’ 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Where feeling is a liability, psychic numbing is a reality. Our psychological armor helps us cope with mass shootings, but numbs us to the destruction 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z As the battle for Ukraine turns into a bloody, mile-by-mile fight in numbing cold, Ukrainian and Russian officials have insisted that they are willing to discuss making peace. Hard-Line Positions by Russia and Ukraine Dim Hope for Peace Talks 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z Slovic explained that as the number of victims in a tragedy increases, our empathy and willingness to help usually decreases, in a process he calls "psychic numbing." In 2022, the Ukraine war forced the world to see refugees again. How long will that last? 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z Although numbing agents and local anesthetics are available, they are rarely used. From heart disease to IUDs: How doctors dismiss women’s pain You get a lot of that numbing sensation, that peppercorn flavor, and it’s just heaven. Sunday Funday in L.A. with Adam Conover: birdwatching, soccer and no cars 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z “A numbing is happening,” said Dr. Paul Nestadt, a professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Our psychological armor helps us cope with mass shootings, but numbs us to the destruction 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z Pete Ireland, a 51-year old project manager, cast his ballot in Frederick against legalization, calling the push “a numbing of the populace.” Maryland projected to legalize recreational marijuana use 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z And whenever Saeed enters the picture, a wearying, numbing shift in perspective takes place. Review: The serial-killer thriller ‘Holy Spider’ gets stuck in its own morally murky web 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z “I had worked on Wall Street as a summer clerk and saw the work for what it was — boring and at times even mind numbing,” he wrote. John Jay Osborn Jr., author of ‘The Paper Chase,’ dies at age 77 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z Cue the stir-fried chopped cabbage, warm with cloves and positively numbing with Sichuan peppercorns. Review | 2022 Fall Dining Guide But over the course of two hours, what was shocking becomes numbing. Review: The shocking turns to numbness in new 'Hellraiser' 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z That is not a bad metaphor for Algeria itself, a country turned away from the world, cloaked in an opacity so dense as to be numbing. In Algeria, Veiled From the World, Past and Future Are Shrouded, Too 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Others can pack a wallop in a fraction of a teaspoon, often thanks to Sichuan peppercorns, which bring not only heat but also a tingling, numbing sensation. There’s a wide world of chili crisp. These are our favorites. 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z One woman who lost her home said the experience is "numbing" and has her feeling "overwhelmed". Hurricane Ian: Death toll rising as storm strengthens 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z That song choice is one of many numbing references to the gaping father wound she’s borne since childhood, ever since her mother implied that Norma Jeane’s never-seen father was himself a famous Hollywood actor. Review: 'Blonde' isn't really about Marilyn Monroe. It's about making her suffer 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z Some critics and documentary filmmakers say that mandate is reductive and numbing. Sundance Liked Her Documentary on Terrorism, Until Muslim Critics Didn’t 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z She also realized drugs weren’t numbing her as much as they used to. Talking about substance use can be hard for Filipino Americans. Why it’s helpful to share stories 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z And as the nation came to grips with the numbing truth of how shabby technology had brought on the disaster, the media slowly turned to other bitter legacies of the past. Mikhail Gorbachev has died, Soviet Union's last leader helped end Cold War 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Chongqing is known for its spicy hot pot, which uses beef fat, red chile peppers and numbing Sichuan peppercorns in the broth. Chinese heat wave drives residents to WWII shelters for beloved hot pot 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z But the octopuses had liked being in a chamber where they had experienced a numbing injection after the first one. Octopuses Don’t Have Backbones — or Rights 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z Cai is a master at layering flavor, frequently using Sichuan’s characteristic spicy and numbing sensations to accentuate a dish, not define it. Review | Yu Noodles is a small chain that will expand your universe 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z The kitchen crusted the age steak in sansho peppercorns for a numbing, tingling sensation often associated with a mala Sichuan dish. Restaurant review: Tomo will shatter your notions of how ingredients should taste 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Some turn to drinking and drugs, numbing agents with obvious consequences. 'Ted Lasso,' 'Severance,' 'White Lotus': TV series explore the grief haunting characters 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z These can include suicidal thoughts and attempts, sexual dysfunction, emotional numbing and insomnia, according to NICE. Did we all believe a myth about depression? 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z The guy apparently couldn’t help himself, piling on the action beats until they become numbing. ‘Bullet Train’ review: The next stop can’t come soon enough for this rough and unpleasant train ride 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z The next, the winds howl menacingly across the granite peaks, numbing your fingers. Traveling in Chile is a lesson in the ravages of climate change 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z The book’s pervasive ominousness can be numbing, but the payoffs eventually come. Review | Summer reading picks: 3 new mystery novels with vacation settings 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z In the decades since the 1960 study, researchers and medical providers have tested the numbing effect of sound with everything from Mozart to Michael Bolton. Soft sounds numb pain. Researchers may now know why 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z No number of armed officers in the world will be enough, but their presence everywhere will create the numbing, tourism-killing sense of living in a war zone. An endless arms race: How to fight the NRA's absurd solution to mass shootings 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z When Jason and I got together in 2004, I was going through a numbing divorce from a man who left town with his best friend’s wife 10 days before I defended my Ph.D. dissertation. His PTSD, and My Struggle to Live With It 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z "It was definitely kind of numbing," he said. Tesla closes an office as layoff hits Autopilot jobs, including hourly ones 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z The sheer acreage consumed by fire in California in recent years is numbing: more than 2.5 million acres last year, and 4.3 million acres the year before that. California wildfires caused by humans are more dangerous than fires sparked by lightning 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z With numbing frequency — an average of six times a year since 2015 — a person with a firearm has committed mass murder in a public place in the United States. Analysis | Mass killings since 2015: Could proposed laws have made a difference? For many people experiencing homelessness, the deaths have become numbing. Homeless deaths in Seattle, King County are rising, and fentanyl is largely to blame 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Many people who endure a traumatic event will experience nightmares, jumpiness and emotional numbing in its wake. His PTSD, and My Struggle to Live With It 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z Lately, he said, the onslaught of mass shootings has started to feel “more numbing,” leaving him feeling hopeless. Va. students question Tim Kaine on guns: After shootings, ‘nothing happens’ 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z But it was yet another numbing loss for the Angels, who are on their worst losing streak since they dropped 11 straight from Aug. 4-15, 2016. Phillies send slumping Trout, Angels to 10th straight loss 2022-06-04T04:00:00Z This means that despite the numbing and enveloping sorrow, this morning I had to think about linear algebra for a class I was teaching. Teaching and grieving in a classroom where perfect math meets a broken world 2022-06-04T04:00:00Z Our political institutions leave us no option but to bury the dead and await the next numbing catastrophe. Minority rules, children die: Our broken political system has lethal consequences 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Despite the evidence amassing in my journal, I had trouble admitting that I was exhibiting my own signs of PTSD: panic attacks, hypervigilance, emotional numbing, nightmares. His PTSD, and My Struggle to Live With It 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z But untethered to meaning, the effect of all this over-emoting is numbing. Review: In striving to be modern, the Wallis makes a mockery of 'King Lear' 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z He asked about Depp’s earlier testimony that he found drugs and alcohol early in life and used those substances as a “numbing agent.” Cross-examination spotlights Depp’s profane texts, drug use 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z “I was more inspired by Ms. Heard to reach out for a numbing agent because of the constant clashes,” he said. In testimony, Depp says Heard’s abuse allegations cost him ‘everything’ 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Paul Slovic of the University of Oregon argues that people suffer from “psychic numbing,” in which both our comprehension and our empathy declines as death tolls rise. Column: We weren’t supposed to get anywhere near 1 million COVID deaths in the U.S. Then we did 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z Nadkarni adds that "additional symptoms include emotional numbing, identity disruption, disbelief about the death, intense emotional pain and a feeling that life is meaningless." Is grieving too long a disorder? 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z After numbing the ankle with painkilling treatment, he went back out to hit on an outside court and felt better. Taylor Fritz and Iga Swiatek Break Through at Indian Wells 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z Depp said it was more like he was numbing his demons and the “residual pain I carry from youth,” referring to experiences with his abusive mother that he detailed Wednesday. Cross-examination spotlights Depp’s profane texts, drug use 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Fiery and numbing, it is one of the more distinctive soup dumpling fillings in the area. A new soup dumpling house lands in Bellevue and 24 other restaurant openings in Greater Seattle 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z It renews those joys of being “In Love” with the people around us — despite the numbing effects of routine and familiarity which so often cause happiness to lapse in middle age. Review | Amy Bloom documents her heart-wrenching journey to help her husband end his life 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z One of the things the chef there stressed is that it should be spicy hot, numbing hot and also temperature hot. The year’s big cookbook release is here. A Q&A with Seattle author J. Kenji López-Alt 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z The game is too slow, the rosters are too homogeneous, and analytics-driven changes such as the infield shift are too numbing. Plaschke: MLB lockout will impact baseball fans as much as anyone 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z His bigger rewards, his daughter said, were the legions of students who listened to his stories, as graphic and numbing as they might be, and came away inspired by his resilience. Mel Mermelstein, Auschwitz survivor who took on Holocaust deniers and won, dies at 95 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z For American Jews, the Beth Israel attack was less a watershed event than one more wearying, numbing reminder that they are targets. ‘Some people just don’t like us:’ In a Texas synagogue, 11 hours of terror 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z The memoir dedicates important space to the numbing bureaucracy that often accompanies medical visits, particularly as seen through the eyes of a Black woman in the South. Review | A mother’s quest for genetic answers about her son’s mysterious ailments 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z “It was just a pretty standard shot in the toe, very painful, a numbing agent,” Rodgers said. Packers OLB Za’Darius Smith practicing, eyes playoff return 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Long before it became commonplace, her days demanded a numbing succession of video calls with full makeup and PJ bottoms. Your DNA Test Could Send a Relative to Jail 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z Although Farhang described this year’s cancellation as “numbing” and “beyond devastating,” he emphasized that the Arizona Bowl is in it for the long haul. Exchange: Arizona Bowl cancellation frustrating for Tucson 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z The Bengals entered Sunday’s game having lost four games in their last six, including Week 14’s numbing overtime defeat by San Francisco, but with the victory took over the A.F.C. What We Learned From Week 15 in the N.F.L. 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z "That was me numbing emotions using food, which wasn't the healthiest thing." Rebel Wilson says weight loss received 'pushback' from management team 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z She thinks of the list of meals she collected as “sort of the saddest poem in the world. It’s numbing, and there is a weight to it.” Julie Green’s ‘The Last Supper’ at Bellevue Arts Museum is a painterly catalog of the death penalty in America 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z After he pinched a nerve in his neck, numbing some of the fingers in his left hand, his doctors said he could no longer lift items heavier than 50 pounds. The Biggest Kink in America’s Supply Chain: Not Enough Truckers 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z The downside was the monotony, which was numbing in a way that McDonald’s had never been. ‘It’s a walkout!’ “Some people are emotionally numbing themselves, or pretending that nothing has happened,” said Nurgul Sawut, a social worker in Australia who has been organizing group therapy sessions for her fellow Uyghurs. ‘A Daily Cloud of Suffering’: A Crackdown in China Is Felt Abroad 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z But Bottari added that the decision to use a numbing agent can depend on the child’s preference; for example, some kids might dislike the sensation of cold from a spray. 12 tips for easing kids’ pain, anxiety while getting COVID vaccine or a shot of any kind 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z Fans’ favorite characters are mostly injured, and the thin “story” involves an angry mob, lots of shouting and so many killings that it becomes numbing. What to watch with your kids: ‘Halloween Kills,’ ‘Justin Bieber: Our World’ and more 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z It was another numbing moment in a night full of them. Plaschke: Dodgers haunted by chilling moments in blustery Game 3 NLDS loss to Giants 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z After numbing the region, a radiologist inserted a large needle into her pelvic bone. She Was Training for a Marathon. Suddenly, She Could Barely Walk. 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z At the moment, though, the Antarctic cold is beyond numbing. South Pole posts most severe cold season on record, an anomaly in a warming world 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z The first two infractions occurred in May 2020, when the horses Charlatan and Gamine tested positive in Arkansas for lidocaine, a numbing agent. The last stand of Bob Baffert, horse racing's most successful and embattled trainer 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z But he did return after the numbing gel took effect to finish off the SEC opener as Arkansas improved to 4-0 overall for the first time since 2003. Woo Pig Sooie! No. 16 Hogs end long skid to No. 7 Texas A&M 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z As the days without power melted into a numbing sameness, neighbors here kept each other company. Lights Out After the numbing wore off from Sheldon's procedure, she says the pain was horrific; her tongue was pulled backwards and pinned down, gagging her. Short on evidence, dubious therapies turn to the tongue 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z Now under relentless surveillance, she confessed to a creeping, numbing desperation. As Russians Vote, Resignation, Anger and Fear of a Post-Putin Unknown 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z So it is fitting to once again look beyond the often numbing numbers and remember the lives cut short and those who have been left mourning. Opinion | America may want to move on. But people are still dying from covid. 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z “I think the numbers are numbing,” she said. Arizona nurse shares highs, lows of 18-months COVID-19 fight 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Unlike the numbing crisis of the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 630,000 Americans, the shock of Thursday’s attack was acute and appeared to take many Americans by surprise. Biden struggles to address the most volatile crisis of his presidency 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z The thought of her family now being in danger is "numbing". Afghanistan: The 'pure devastation and guilt' of British-Afghans 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z He disliked the schedule, a numbing stream of anonymous cities and villages, and bristled against his coaches’ suffocating systems. 3x3 Basketball Is a New Sport, but It Already Has a G.O.A.T. 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z But for the 12,000-strong Tartan Army inside the national stadium, and millions more watching across the country, a sobering 3-1 defeat by Croatia ended their hopes of progress in numbing fashion. In pictures: Tartan Army's rollercoaster ride ends in heartache 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z There are simply too many characters jostling for attention in a book that covers more than six decades, and even Leonnig’s skillful writing can’t quite overcome the numbing impact of so much detail. Review | The ‘frat boy culture’ of the Secret Service 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z “Avoiding emotions leads to numbing and makes things much worse,” Coach Grace says. My mom sent me to TikTok therapy — and it kind of ... worked? 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, all those ingredients produced a numbing loss amid a brutal stretch of stunning defeats. Dodgers are stung again in walkoff loss to Cubs in 11 innings 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z They are supported by contract workers who do the numbing work of retrieving and archiving the old records, flexing their overworked wrists as they thumb through sheafs of yellowed paper. How the A.T.F., Key to Biden’s Gun Plan, Became an N.R.A. ‘Whipping Boy’ 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z Note the bites of sweet potato in an order of kung pao chicken, hot and numbing with Sichuan peppercorns and colorful with glossy bell peppers and Chinese celery. 2021 Spring Dining Guide Washuta is at her strongest when grappling with the link between violence and imperialism, telling of how she nearly killed herself by numbing the pain of those patterns with alcohol. Review: A Native essayist's journey through art, magic and pain — and into sobriety 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z At Seattle Children’s, a father’s request for staff to use a needleless injection device on his child — as the doctor ordered — instead of a numbing cream ended with security taking him from the room. Seattle Children’s knew for years security was called disproportionately on Black patients 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z She can run numbing cream out to people waiting outside to apply themselves before they come in. 'Lockdown taught us we're more than just a gym' 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z They were usually painful to watch — too long-winded and saturated with numbing statistics. Column: It's about time Newsom reopened California. We're going to get our summer back 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z “I’m assuming it’s as shocking and numbing to them as it has been to me.” Christian leaders wrestle with Atlanta shooting suspect’s Southern Baptist ties 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Moreover, when they need medical care, the people of Bryan and elsewhere in America enter an industry of almost numbing complexity. Review: An Ohio hospital reveals all the ills of health care 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z “That means that depth of information is much greater and it also means that numbing the locations of the pain is much more nuanced and important.” Wyoming doctor’s patents focus on ways to reduce pain 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z Her take on Nashville hot chicken blends Carolina Reaper pepper with Sichuan peppercorns for a numbing heat that packs a massive punch. Our food writers’ top 12 Seattle-area takeout picks from one long pandemic year 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z Applying such crowns normally requires numbing the tooth, using a drill to remove decay and reshape the tooth, and then installing the crown. Less Drilling, Less Germ Spray: Dentistry Adapts to the Covid Era 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z At that scale, the human brain compensates with a defense that political psychologists call “psychic numbing.” One Day’s Pandemic Losses: Among Thousands, a Father, a Child, a Friend 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z “It was kind of numbing, really,” she said. California’s sequoias and redwoods can survive climate change—if we help them 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z Like most opiates, they are as lethal to progress as they are numbing to awareness. Reparations can take many forms. Let’s start by being honest about what we’ve wrought 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z The daily creep of record highs can be more numbing than alarming, but without continued vigilance to COVID, the alarming could quickly become our reality. Editorial Roundup: North Carolina 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z There is top-ranked Alabama, its front-runner status over the last dozen or so years so consistent that its presence in the title mix is as reassuringly familiar as it is mind numbing. A Season of Chaos Will End With a Powerhouse Matchup College Football Wanted 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z He said he felt a "numbing sensation" following the news. Murphy 'saw cocaine' night before test 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z Part of the buzz then was the novelty of Sichuan dishes and those tingling, numbing peppers, which many casual diners of Chinese takeout weren’t used to seeing. 24 new pandemic-time restaurant openings around Seattle — many with outdoor dining 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z In May, Gamine and a colt named Charlatan, who won a division of the Arkansas Derby, tested positive for lidocaine, a numbing agent. Bob Baffert at the Breeders’ Cup: Awash in Favorites and Suspicion 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z He also revealed after Sunday’s game that he received a numbing injection in his right hand before the game. Browns’ Garrett not expected to miss time with knee injury 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z In May, Gamine and a colt named Charlatan, who won a division of the Arkansas Derby, tested positive for lidocaine, a local numbing agent. Another Failed Drug Test Is Linked to a Bob Baffert Horse 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z Little has been said about the deeper, more troubling part of this case: the reliance on numbing drugs that allow athletes to take to the field for our entertainment. Hockey Needs Viewers. It Should Not Glorify Pain and Violence to Get Them. 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z And counter-intuitively, more tragedy can bring about apathy, a phenomenon called ‘psychic numbing’. Daily briefing: COVID-19 vaccine trial results — what to watch out for 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z But the overall effect of this talky, shapeshifting piece is numbing. Commentary: Theaters nobly fill the COVID void, but screens make me miss the stage even more 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z “These fires have been unbelievable but also numbing because you’re kicked in the head by one fire and then have another one,” Eliason said. 'Too late to stop it': California's future hinges on managing megafires 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z What’s shocking — even after more than three and a half numbing years — is the deliberate, willful nature of the lies. Opinion | Trump’s Deliberate Coronavirus Deception 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Even after four numbing years of Trumpism, the revelations in Bob Woodward's forthcoming book, "Rage," are shocking. Opinion | This election is a referendum on Trump. That’s very bad news for him. 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z And, possibly in an attempt at social distancing , they applied numbing cream in the street. Lip filler clinic a ‘conveyer belt’ of young women 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z Both later tested positive for lidocaine, a numbing agent that is considered a Class 2 drug. From Derby DQ to doping, a chaotic year in horse racing 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z It will probably cause less of a stir, given the numbing effect of the past four years; recently Trump declined to condemn the QAnon conspiracy theory because its followers are on his side. Trump fails to denounce an accused killer – which comes as little surprise 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z In the living room, a football game is often playing on the television whether anyone’s watching or not, a reminder of the payoff for all these days of numbing sameness. Finding Dorian Thompson-Robinson: The evolution of a UCLA quarterback 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z My husband and I both love spicy food and they use that hot numbing Sichuan pepper. How Margaret Brennan of ‘Face the Nation’ would spend a perfect day in D.C. 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Some fear the growing toll will have a numbing effect on Americans’ psyches. Pandemic’s weight falls on Hispanics and Native Americans, as deaths pass 150,000 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z For better or worse, “The Painted Bird” is a punishingly sincere vision, imposing in its single-mindedness and numbing in its effect. World War II is hell (again) in 'The Painted Bird' 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z The fatigue could be numbing, interrupted by pain from sores on salt-crusted skin. At age 60 and paralyzed, she tried to row across the Pacific 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z Charlatan and Gamine had two samples test positive for lidocaine, a local numbing agent, according to a person who spoke on condition of anonymity because the case had not been fully adjudicated. Bob Baffert Suspended 15 Days for Drug Positives 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z The horses had two samples test positive for lidocaine, a local numbing agent, according to the person who spoke on condition of anonymity because the case had not been fully adjudicated. Two Horses Trained by Baffert Test Positive for Banned Substances 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z "It's very spicy, a little bit numbing, and usually sprinkled with minced pork." Persuading China to switch to 'fake' pork 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z It is a fate so common and the conviction rate for officers is so low — below 1 percent — that each killing tends to move from its bloody climax to numbing aftermath within a few days. Kenyan fathers grapple with their sons’ deaths in police custody 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z Getting through the dense parts of Bolton’s narrative produces a numbing effect that must closely resemble what it feels like to serve in Trump’s badly divided White House. Bolton book tells all about Trump — except what makes him tick 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z With numbing familiarity, it is African Americans who are victimized by the presumption of guilt. Opinion | A Virginia incident reflects the reality of being black in America 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z “You start seeing symptoms of hyper vigilance, emotional numbing and secondary trauma.” Depression and anxiety spiked among black Americans after George Floyd’s death 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z “We were interested in putting faces behind the numbers, which are so numbing,” McDonald said. U.S. news organizations focus on lives lost in the pandemic 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z How do we escape the numbing throb of our daily routines to savor life’s possibilities? Review | Overcoming despair to discover the meaning of life 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z “Mentally, it’s numbing. Getting up in the morning, you ask yourself: ‘Right, what can you do today?’ Andy Cole: ‘I don’t know how I’ve done it. Some days are a total blur’ | Donald McRae 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z I’ll see that over and over again, and it will reach a point when it is numbing. I’m an E.R. Doctor in New York. None of Us Will Ever Be the Same. 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Lacking in the sense that the scale of the problem, especially in developing countries, is so huge as to be almost numbing. Leaderless, lacking and late: a global plan to fight coronavirus is desperately needed 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z Humans are notoriously unresponsive to statistics; we suffer from what scholars like Paul Slovic of the University of Oregon call “psychic numbing” — both our comprehension and our empathy decline as the death tolls rise. Column: What will a possible 240,000 U.S. COVID-19 deaths mean to you? Trump’s projections in perspective 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z On one afternoon in late February, the telephone trilled with the numbing frequency of white noise — a barrage that began after Senator Bernie Sanders extolled elements of Cuba’s communist dictatorship on CBS’s “60 Minutes.” Donald Trump and Florida, a Love Affair 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z “All of this is numbing,” said Jordan, who lives in Tucson. Coronavirus has led to thousands of early releases from prisons and jails. Not in Arizona 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z It contributes to the book’s numbing tone, and its depiction of degradation so widespread and pervasive as to be incomprehensible. Review: `Kilo’ paints a harrowing picture of cocaine trade 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z “The number of companies and industries lining up looking for largess is mind numbing,” he said. Fed Could Bolster Groups of Businesses and Localities With Funds in G.O.P. Bill 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z She noted that the symptoms were the same as PTSD: “hyperreactions; inappropriate outbursts of anger, psychic numbing; constriction of the emotions; and loss of a sense of control over our destiny”. Can nature really heal us? 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z He faced only 10 Tampa Bay batters, allowed three home runs, and the A’s absorbed a numbing 5-1 loss. Tired of Chasing Astros, A’s Look Forward to a ‘Level’ Playing Field 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z The book reads like a thriller, spinning from one jarring scene to the next, especially when members try to escape the clutches of the group and the numbing, pulverizing insanity of a religion gone mad. Review: `Broken Faith’ looks inside Word of Faith Fellowship 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z In the cases he chronicles here, the degree of sheer evil and overt corruption was numbing. Review: A look at civil rights cases in `Race Against Time’ 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z As Billy’s drinking increased, his reasons to continue turned from numbing his pain to staving off the awful feelings of withdrawals. Sisseton man, father strengthen bond in sobriety 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z Alec Baldwin tweeted his approval, praising the “numbing and beautiful” film. Powerful new Khashoggi film hits its mark … but will audiences get to see it? 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z But the statistics do not reflect the tension that ran through the entire fight between Fury’s cautious boxing and Wilder’s numbing punching power. Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury Are Fighting, but Also Bringing Rivals Together 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z While antidepressants are relatively safe, she said they still come with side effects such as emotional numbing, weight gain and sexual dysfunction. Researchers caution against long-term antidepressant use: ‘Never intended as a permanent solution’ 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z He says he admired Moshfegh’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation, about a woman who takes prescription drugs in a New York apartment for a year as a way of numbing her feelings. Is being the 'voice of a generation' a curse or an honour for novelists? 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z Drugs feature heavily in the boys’ lives, numbing them and providing a small respite from the agony of waiting to become “legal”, says Khamis. ‘A step away from hell’: the young male refugees selling sex to survive 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z Instead, the main flavour is that of numbing Sichuan peppercorns and spring onions, all bound together with a subtly sweet-and-sour sauce. How to make the perfect kung pao chicken – recipe | Felicity Cloake 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z When a woman married, she increased her routine housework — the numbing work that must be done each day — by almost that much. Opinion | How to Make Your Marriage Gayer 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z “It wasn’t coercive. It didn’t leverage any big political capital. The initiative became numbing because of lack of political will.” Despite promises, flow of foreign arms continues to fuel Libya’s war 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z New forms must be forged; new traps set; new words invented, like “solastalgia,” that sidestep numbing jargon. How to Write Fiction When the Planet Is Falling Apart 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z We endured a numbing complicity between government and opposition. Brexit, the most pointless, masochistic ambition in our country's history, is done 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z The magnitude of what happened Sunday to those nine passengers not only affected us here in Los Angeles, but was felt throughout the globe via numbing shockwaves. Letters: Remembering the incomparable Kobe Bryant 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z He’s pulled no notes out of his pocket, read down no numbing lists of names. Brad Pitt's awards season charm offensive is in overdrive, and we are delighted 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Patrick is numbing herself from gauzy flashback memories of the family happy together when an investigative journalist shows up with explosive news: The plane crash was no accident. Review: ‘The Rhythm Section’ is a fresh take on old formula 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z "It's kind of like a numbing feeling — you don't want to believe it," Beal said. Kobe Bryant is on the minds of the Wizards and Hawks during an emotional game in Atlanta 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z Too often, trendy minimalism is a way of numbing ourselves to reality and maintaining a comfortable, solid barrier through which nothing unpleasant intrudes. Opinion | What We Get Wrong About Minimalism 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z They rely on psychic numbing and messages of inevitability to conjure the helplessness, resignation and confusion that paralyze their prey. Opinion | You Are Now Remotely Controlled 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z It is relentless, depressing and ultimately numbing; sort of like being an American citizen these past four years. Review | ‘Losers,’ ‘dopes’ and ‘scum’: Inside Trump’s war with his own advisers 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Once tasted, though, we found it hard to stop slurping the lightly numbing, sweet-savory noodles. You like spicy food? Nine Way in Redmond asks: ‘What is your numbing tolerance?’ 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals may soon have an additional option when it comes to numbing the pain from watching their beleaguered teams lose. Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals fans look toward greener pastures to numb their pain on Sundays 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Neuwirth was addressing the creative stasis at international opera houses, where a few dozen canonical pieces are heard with numbing frequency. Opera Against the Patriarchy 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z The catalogue of climatic disasters that have unfolded this year is truly numbing. 2019 has been a year of climate disaster. Yet still our leaders procrastinate | Geoff Goldrick 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z It claims that such “supposed ‘shows’ only cause one thing: numbing the population to attacks against Christians.” ‘Unacceptable’: Netflix hit with backlash over gay Jesus ‘Christmas special’ 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” and “Joker” are also possibilities, pitting sweetness against numbing cynicism. Oscar predictions for original and adapted screenplay: The road to best picture goes through here 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z She has high blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes and peripheral neuropathy, a nerve condition that has caused numbing in her feet. A Mother and Daughter Find Support in Mentors 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z “We turn down the numbing spices but add additional flavors.” It’s cold out. Warm up at Fremont’s 19 Gold, where you’ll find slurp-worthy Taiwanese soup with 19 secret spices 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z “There is a numbing repetition of the interview process,” Shapiro told me. Prepping for Parole 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z Feeling connected — with others, with ourselves — is an antidote to tough feelings we try to keep at bay by distracting and numbing ourselves. Apocalypse Got You Down? Maybe This Will Help 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z As the farce accelerates and Sara Ryung Clement’s classroom set becomes as messy as a school cafeteria after a food fight, a numbing effect takes hold. Review: The politics of Thanksgiving, served up as lukewarm satire 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z It is what Zuboff calls the “psychic numbing of strip-search technology”. Ignore Zuckerberg’s self-serving rubbish. Facebook must be regulated | Simon Jenkins 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z An uncomfortable tale, ebbing and flowing between the pain of its impoverished characters and the cyclical numbing of their addictions. Top 10 books about the night 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z And the war sequences are tedious and numbing. Review | ‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil’ goes darker in this bleak and, most unforgivably, boring sequel 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z But when he charged toward the numbing heat, the flames lashed unpredictably. Arsonists are torching the Amazon. This elite team of firefighters stands in their way. 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Sunday’s killings were the latest in a series of mass shootings that have unfolded across the country with numbing frequency. Kansas City Shooting: 4 Killed and 5 Others Wounded at Bar 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z The dueling experts took the stand last fall in a three-week trial that dissected their statistical argument in numbing detail. Federal judge rules Harvard does not discriminate against Asian Americans in admissions 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z You brace yourself for a numbing catalog of stupidity — the title isn’t exactly encouraging — and are instead greeted by amusement, suspense and a curious aftertaste of sweetness and melancholy. Review: Small-town crime saga 'The Death of Dick Long' finds the grace notes in its characters' stupidity 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z This stark and somber monument forces us to comprehend the numbing reality that some are forever entombed in the Flanders mud or the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Recent Missouri editorials 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z “I have a sense of the numbing inevitability of it all,” he said. Faster pace of climate change is 'scary' 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z And she says the numbing effects of both swimming and alcohol, as toxic as they were to her, “saved my life”. ‘I was a dangerous person’: Casey Legler on life as a teenage Olympian – and raging alcoholic 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z “Do you want numbing gel?” the dental technician asked me as she prepared to plunge into my mouth. Perspective | Dental tourism — bargain dentistry and a vacation to boot 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z Injuries to the 3rd and 4th vertebrae led to numbing after his final game and put him at serious risk if he plays again. Seahawks cornerback Kalan Reed’s neck injury is likely career-ending, report says 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Nor did Mr. Macron launch into the numbing detail on secondary issues with which he battered French journalists at a later news conference. How Emmanuel Macron Positioned Himself as Star of the G7 Show 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z He told her about turning to his pastor after initially numbing himself with alcohol and how he had completed an intense self-analysis program in which participants identify negative patterns, with a focus on early-childhood conditioning. Billy Bush Is Ready for a Return to TV. Will Viewers Welcome Him Back? 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z Marvy Ayy, the producer behind $not’s numbing breakup anthem “Megan,” is frantically trying to get the laptop that contains the litany of beats he’s working on for the rapper to reboot. With Billie Eilish and 'Euphoria' co-signs, rapper $not is a Gen Z star in making 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z This is all about feeling your feelings and not numbing yourself.’ ‘The Nanny’ star Fran Drescher gets candid about cannabis: ‘Now I understand its medicinal attributes’ 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z You get trapped in your own triviality, in the mind numbing packaging and distribution of the minutiae of your day. I was Insta-famous and it was one of the worst things to happen in my 20s | Verity Johnson 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z After numbing Prater’s eye, the doctor removed the tick. Tick removed from Kentucky man’s eye 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z But as the number of deaths increases, “psychic numbing” begins to desensitize them. The psychological traps of gut instinct decisions on military action 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z Woodfox’s account of his 40 years in Angola, a Louisiana facility that’s one of America’s most notorious prisons, is wrenching, sometimes numbing, sometimes almost physically painful to read. Review | How we tell the story of America 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z Being so young and having to endure a relentless barrage of truly toxic sentiment on a regular basis was numbing and defeating; it was a place where nothing grew, not even resentment. Men are expected to be ‘strong silent types’ — and it’s breaking them, says Henry Rollins 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z The list, though far from comprehensive, can be numbing. Opinion | After Virginia Beach, the list of mass shooting victims grows yet again 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z It was the worst shooting in the city’s history, and the latest in the series of American gun massacres that now arrive with numbing frequency. Virginia Beach gunman resigned hours before mass shooting, officials say 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z The foam creates a tingly, slightly numbing sensation that simultaneously deadens and heightens flavors. Everything you need to know about the food at Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge in Disneyland 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z It’s shocking, yes, but the shock wears off as the mayhem reaches the level of Sichuan cooking: numbing yet spicy. Review | The new John Wick movie does what John Wick movies do best, beautifully and brutishly 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z And it becomes numbing as you move through the one you call home. The art of noticing: five ways to experience a city differently 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z What the report portrays, in numbing legalese and revealing footnotes, is a breathtaking culture of lying and impunity, distrust and double-dealing. The Mueller Report Won’t End Trump’s Presidency, But It Sure Makes Him Look Bad 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z Photo: Mark Rogers / Lionsgate And over the course of two hours, the mania becomes exhausting and numbing. 2019’s Hellboy is a death-metal cover of Guillermo del Toro’s work 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z And yes, too, the constant cable news drumbeat of turning points that didn’t turn and breaking points that didn’t break grew numbing. The news media owes no apology 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z “Seeing what had been done to those people’s bodies — it just stripped away all of the numbing,” she said. Inside America’s Black Box: A Rare Look at the Violence of Incarceration 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z He was treated for three minutes but there was no way the warrior was leaving the field of battle, adrenalin numbing the pain as he continued to throw himself into challenges until the very end. Wales crush Ireland to win third Six Nations grand slam in 11 years 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z Even certain kinds or horror fans, who expect gobs of gore or numbing terror, may come out of it complaining. I See You is a beautifully crafted puzzle of a horror movie 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z The result is a book that is wrenching, sometimes numbing, sometimes almost physically painful to read. Review | What one man’s 40 years in solitary says about America’s criminal justice system 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z We have witnessed a numbing series of uncommon acts in the two years since Trump assumed office, yet one thing we have not seen is a credible performance of contrition. The Most Surprising Element of Michael Cohen’s Testimony 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z “There’s something about cohabiting that is a little bit numbing. I have a perfectly happy marriage,” she adds, laughing. Tessa Hadley: ‘Long marriages are interesting. You either hang on or you don't' 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z There’s some experimentation with form here — the title story has screenplay-ish stage directions between its vignettes; “The Drive” uses intentional repetition to create a numbing rhythm, adding tension to the awkward moment it depicts. For Valentine’s Day, a roundup of books about love — in all its forms 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Through it all, the company managed to produce strong financial results with the numbing consistency of the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl. Alphabet Is in a Tumultuous Time, but the Business Keeps Booming 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Where Sichuan cuisine tends to be oily and delivers a numbing heat, the Hunan style is drier, the chili heat sharper. Sizzling Pot King: Go beyond hot pot and spice things up with ‘dry pot’ at this unique Hunan spot 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z “The whole thing is very numbing,” Cynthia Clarke, an administrative assistant with the U.S. How the shutdown ended: Americans just had it up to here 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z The statistics are numbing: U.S. weekday newspaper circulation is down from 122 million to 73 million in 15 years. In era of news deserts, no easy fix for local news struggles 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z |
| 随便看 |
|
英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。