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Meanings of so benumbed in English

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Usage of so benumbed in English
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The icy water so benumbed us we could scarcely control our limbs.
The Long Labrador Trail
2
The leg was so benumbed that I could not move it.
Monsieur, Madame, and Bébé — Volume 01
3
But she did not stir, she did not speak, so benumbed was she with grief.
Doctor Pascal
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They did not even know when they were killed, so benumbed by the cold had they become.
Mr. Bonaparte of Corsica
5
Antonio, though apparently as strong as any of us, became so benumbed that he could scarcely walk.
In New Granada; Or, Heroes and Patriots
6
His brain was so benumbed, so shocked with other excitations, that he was well-nigh insensible to physical pain.
Rainbow's End
7
He was so benumbed that to change his position an inch would, he well knew, be to fall.
What's Mine's Mine — Volume 2
8
It is so cold, so dark, my senses are so benumbed, and the gloom upon me is so dreadful.
A Tale of Two Cities
9
I tried to stand, but was so benumbed that many minutes passed before I had the use of my legs.
The Frozen Pirate
10
As the cold grew more intense, many of them were so benumbed, that it was with difficulty they could proceed.
History of the Conquest of Peru
11
The arms of the scout were freed, although for some minutes they were so benumbed that he could scarcely move them.
The Cave in the Mountain / A Sequel to In the Pecos Country
12
The squall passed as swiftly as it had come, and it left Shefford so benumbed he could not hold the bridle.
The Rainbow Trail
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The night was very cold and at daylight our limbs were so benumbed that we could scarce find the use of them.
A Voyage to the South Sea / Undertaken by command of His Majesty...
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But so benumbed were all her limbs that she escaped being relocked in it only by the quick interposition of Caspar's arms.
St. George and St. Michael, Volume 2
15
Go, tell them to dig up the standard, if, through fear, their hands are so benumbed that they cannot pluck it up.
The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26
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There are two or three of them so benumbed and stupified, that they will perish if they halt for a single instant.'
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 452 / Volume 18, New Series, A...
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