Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obtunded
Adjective
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Other teams soon showed that astrocytes in dishes, brain slices, and even anesthetized animals responded to various neurotransmitters.—
Ingrid Wickelgren,
Quanta Magazine,
30 Jan. 2026 -
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
Verb
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Kachel said Vank’s signature moment so far with the Plainsmen came in the regular season finale last season, when Vank baffled Western Nebraska Community College with eight innings of shutout ball, scattering three hits while racking up 10 strikeouts.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
2 Mar. 2026
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Despite reading Whitney’s letter at least twice, Henry — a narcissist — seems baffled that Whitney is not more contrite.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Flat, calm but earnest, mildly anxious, blunted, volatile.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Penumbral eclipses are even subtler, with the lunar surface merely dulled.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
27 Feb. 2026
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Once the series’ calling card, self-awareness has here been dulled into self-soothing.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
26 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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One drugged and raped his own wife according to Pelicot’s instructions and offered her to Pelicot; another proposed his mother as a prospective victim.—
Gaby Wood,
Vogue,
21 Feb. 2026
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Not with the quietness of a disease already in her brain; not drugged and almost constantly sleeping.—
Molly Aitken,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Responding officers found the girl was unconscious and nonresponsive.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
1 Mar. 2026
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The problems were reignited when Fluker, 27, was beaten and choked unconscious by a Central Richmond rival in Sacramento on June 17, 2024, prosecutors say.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
28 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Featuring just 14 runs, the ski area is buffered by Canada’s largest natural mineral hot springs—and soaking in them is the perfect way to end a big day out on the mountain.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Feb. 2026
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Mattering acted as a kind of protective shield that buffered against anxiety and depression.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
27 Jan. 2026
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
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“Obtunded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obtunded. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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