She let the beat anchor her, dull the edge of her panic.

But it gave her confidence, and helped dull the edge of her rebelling senses.

No sea air was sufficiently narcotic to dull the edge of Colonel Greene's argument.

Such a fact would embarrass the canvass in many ways, and would dull the edge of partisan weapons already forged for the contest.

Some were assigned by sisters who considered her a runaway, others by Silviana in the hope that weariness would dull the edge of her "rebellion."

The practice of his wiles has dulled the edge of his feelings.

A little happiness to dull the edges of their more stressful moments.

It was a kind smile, and it dulled the edges of her apprehension.

Nothing dulls the edge of a woman's sensibilities more quickly than frequent proposals.

The wisest of poets has told us that custom dulls the edge of appetite.

And perhaps the thought of another's misery somewhat dulled the edge of her own.

When he had a little dulled the edge of his hunger, he rang a bell.

In the sedate Milbrey dining-room a brisk wood-fire dulled the edge of the first autumn chill.

The fall of reason crushed every human hope and dulled the edge of every human fear.

The mellow radiance dulled the edge of age.

And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.