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Meanings of benumbed fingers in English

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Usage of benumbed fingers in English
1
At last, after repeated efforts with his benumbed fingers, Jones got the girths tight.
The Last of the Plainsmen
2
He shook the benumbed fingers of his right hand, then gripped the rifle once more.
The Blue Envelope
3
She was chilled, and sat down before the glowing hearth to warm her benumbed fingers.
Eventide / A Series of Tales and Poems
4
They clasped each other's red, benumbed fingers and laughed, albeit a little frightened at Julian.
Tales of Trail and Town
5
They had lashed themselves to the mast, and their benumbed fingers could not undo the fastenings.
Personal Reminiscences in Book Making, and Some Short Stories
6
I dressed and undressed in Aunt Mercy's room, which was under the roof, with benumbed fingers.
The Morgesons: A Novel
7
But her benumbed fingers refused to act.
Judith of the Godless Valley
8
He was alternately blowing on his benumbed fingers and cursing the doors and the draught that was chilling him to the marrow.
Flamsted quarries
9
His coat is pulled off him, and several people cry that he is welcome, and warm hands rub life into his benumbed fingers.
Invisible Links
10
Slowly, with benumbed fingers and trembling hands, she dressed herself: that bed she would lie in no more, for she had wronged her husband.
Paul Faber, Surgeon
11
"Now," he cried triumphantly, at the same time arranging the strings as briskly as his benumbed fingers would allow, "can you bear some pulling?"
Hans Brinker; Or, The Silver Skates
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