Usage examples "numb":
- By the time the boat came back to Hall's, his arms were so numb that he could hardly tell whether his oar was in or out of his hand; his legs were stiff and aching, and every muscle in his body felt as if it had been pulled out an inch or two. - "Tom Brown at Oxford", Thomas Hughes.
- His shoulders, with no warmth except the thin shirt- sleeves to cover them, began to sting, then ache, then grow numb. - "The Shagganappi", E. Pauline Johnson.
- Half- numb, half- maddened, my days are strife. - "Sword Blades and Poppy Seed", Amy Lowell.
