Slavery seems to benumb all the faculties except the passions. |
Was it remarkable that happiness should benumb him and rob him of his senses? |
I therefore invoke the virtues of an education of concern, for concern stirs us whereas conformity and optimism benumb us. |
How intense must have been the suffering that could so benumb the heart! |
He further says they dwarf the body, benumb the brain and weaken character. |
At her words he gradually shook off the lethargy which seemed to benumb his senses. |