mind-numbing
Britishadjective
Other Word Forms
- mind-numbingly adverb
Example Sentences
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After the Patriots’ first touchdown, there was “absolutely mind-numbing volatility,” Kane said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
Freddie Freeman slammed a walk-off homer to lead off the bottom of the 18th, putting the finishing touch on one of the weirdest, wackiest, most mind-numbing contests ever staged in the Fall Classic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025
Nearly all of this summer’s controversies have been mind-numbing in many ways, perhaps none more so than the reactions to American Eagle’s “good jeans” ad featuring Sydney Sweeney.
From Salon • Aug. 6, 2025
What resonates instead is fire and all that it entails — the burning forest and the hard, mind-numbing work of the Hotshots.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2025
She garbled her words and flattened her voice to a mind-numbing drone.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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