Collocations for "numb"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "numb" in context.
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numb
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- a numb [feeling, sensation]
- have a numb [feeling] in my [hand]
- went numb [from, in] the cold
- are numb from [sitting, standing, holding]
- my [hands, fingers, feet, ears, legs] have gone numb
- [makes, gets] your tooth numb
- numb [from, after] the anaesthetic
- drugs: comfortably numb from the [grass, drugs, marijuana]
- his [mind, brain] went numb
- felt numb with [fear, grief, guilt, shock]
- feel numb inside from [the relationship, her death]
- he was numb to their [pleas, questions, plight, requests]
- numbed [her senses, his mind, the pain]
- numb your [mouth, arm]
- the [injection, anesthetic] numbed my [mouth]
- numb up your [mouth] (for the operation)
- numb your [mouth] up
- [this, vodka, the injection] should numb the pain
- [might, should, will] numb the pain
- numbed by [vodka, anesthetic, drugs]
- numb your [guilt, pain, mind] with [vodka]
- the cold numbed my [fingers, nose]
'numb' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):