Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obtunded
Adjective
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The lyrics have the same anesthetized ennui as in emo rap and the new wave of online rock, but the beats are menacingly new and dead-set on defacing your consciousness.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
17 Dec. 2025 -
The former’s video-game fanfare is a set piece for beef, and the latter’s soulfulness arrives shackled to anesthetized sighs.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2 Dec. 2025
Verb
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At a vigil for the two on Sunday night, friends and family were baffled by the killing, the Allentown Morning Call reported.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
5 Jan. 2026
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Scientists are also baffled by how the planet could have formed at all.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
23 Dec. 2025
Verb
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But this year the shower will be dulled by the supermoon.—
Hannah Poukish,
Sacbee.com,
30 Dec. 2025
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Yet Friday’s release, replete with redactions, has not dulled the clamor for information given how many records had yet to be released and because some of the materials had already been made public.—
Aamer Madhani,
Fortune,
21 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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As punishment for abandoning her mother, Trisha is forcibly drugged and taken back to the Van Ness home.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
4 Dec. 2025
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In fact, Dan (Penn Badgley) is the sole believer in the story that Serena was drugged.—
Kelsie Gibson,
PEOPLE,
25 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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He was hospitalized, cleared, returned to a jail cell, then found unconscious that afternoon, and succumbed to his injuries, according to the Contra Costa County sheriff’s office.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Metcalf remained unconscious when firefighters left the hospital.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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To prevent over-drying, the formula is buffered with shea butter for moisture, while peppermint oil delivers a cooling, calming effect.—
Allure,
Allure,
18 Dec. 2025
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The study of climate change refugia – places that are buffered from the worst effects of global warming – has grown rapidly in recent years.—
Diana Stralberg,
The Conversation,
17 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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The boy is stupefied, snot intermingling with the puke dripping from his mouth to his navel.—
Matthew Shen Goodman,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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At startup, the flat-six engine’s titanium exhaust sounds rowdier than that of the average 911, but is modulated enough to make long drives untaxing.—
Basem Wasef,
Robb Report,
5 Jan. 2026
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Lopatin’s score modulated between tension and unbearable anxiety until its poignant (Iggy Pop–assisted) catharsis.—
Jack Denton,
Vulture,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Obtunded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obtunded. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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