Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obtunded
Adjective
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After an anesthetized cockroach is secured on the platform, a motor slides that rig into position, and a computer vision system assesses the insect's body size and position.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
12 Aug. 2025 -
Lamb and Smit approach with their gear and check vitals, then begin measuring, sampling and hoisting the grizzly’s anesthetized body into the air in a sling winched to a tree.—
Lesley Evans Ogden,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
Verb
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The comment sections of each video documenting the saga was flooded with people baffled by how the pair ended up in the situation.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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Willis, a seven-time Pro Bowl linebacker who starred for the San Francisco 49ers, was baffled by Jerry Jones sending Parsons to Green Bay.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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My sleep was fractured, my health declined, my decisions dulled, and my confidence wavered.—
Daisy Auger-Domínguez,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Time hasn’t dulled the impact of the Evija’s design.—
Tim Pitt,
Robb Report,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Of the students who reported being drugged, 79% were female.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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McSweeney’s language moves like a drugged animal in a fluorescent tunnel—half divine, half municipal.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The women were strangled and rendered unconscious during the attack.—
Ryan Murphy,
IndyStar,
3 Sep. 2025
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Patients can be briefly roused—for example, to ask them to roll over or change a dressing—before falling unconscious again.—
RJ Mackenzie,
Popular Science,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But the bravura camera movements and visual excess would be meaningless, Billeter said, if it’s not modulated with more straightforward camerawork that gets at character interiority.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
12 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The sheer scale of Hosoda’s success may have softened his storytelling instincts, even if the aesthetics are occasionally remarkable.—
Adam Solomons,
IndieWire,
4 Sep. 2025
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Contemporary forms and sleek materials are softened with touches of warmth, organic textures, and colorful accents for interiors that feel modern but never cold.—
Elizabeth Stamp,
Architectural Digest,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But her athletic triumph was tragically dampened by years of abuse at the hands of her husband and coach Jim Martin, who in 2010 attempted to murder her, stabbing her many times, slicing the flesh off the bone from her leg, and shooting her.—
Esther Zuckerman,
Time,
6 Sep. 2025
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Inputs that arrive in sync with the rhythm are amplified, while those that come at the wrong moment are dampened or ignored.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Obtunded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obtunded. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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