insensibilities

plural of insensibility
as in trances
a temporary state of unconsciousness knocked into insensibility by the blow to the head

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Noun
  • Political and local opposition has been growing because of fears about blackouts, rising electricity bills and the centers’ voracious water needs.
    Jennifer McDermott, Fortune, 23 June 2026
  • Adriana Inthamoussu, born in the 1970s, remembers the blackouts in Uruguay’s past.
    Constance Malleret, Christian Science Monitor, 21 June 2026
Noun
  • The latter, of course, gives better info, and the former gives fleeting metaphors and nearly faints from embarrassment.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary.
    John Biggs, Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • In between languid lake swims and sensual forest escapades, old crushes surface and new anxieties rear their heads in this deft portrait of millennial disenchantment.
    Air Mail, Air Mail, 20 June 2026
  • And most importantly, nobody f---ing swims in it!
    Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • Calm and good-natured, the 33-year-old swoons these days over his 8-month old daughter, trying to stay positive.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 June 2026
  • Calm and good-natured, the 33-year-old swoons these days over his 8-month-old daughter, trying to stay positive.
    Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
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“Insensibilities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insensibilities. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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