She threw herself into her work, but at night she numbed herself with epic sessions of TV.
The Thiel Fellowships would help ambitious young talents change the world before they could be numbed by the establishment.
The Clinton experience almost numbed us to the epidemic scale of the problem.
Lockerbie councillor Marjory McQueen said she was "left numbed" by the lawyers' claims.
Colleagues of a Shropshire factory worker fatally stabbed outside a Wolverhampton nightclub say they are still "numbed by his death".
Many businesses will be numbed into thinking that they'll no longer be burdened by the direct health care costs of their workforces.
"There certainly have to be new actions, spectacular and symbolic, to shake up the sleepiness, to shake the numbed consciences and wake up the memory of our origins, " the blog said.
Increasingly sophisticated technology, with its ability to invade personal privacy, often without people being aware of it, and globally share it instantaneously has numbed us to what is an inappropriate intrusion.
FORBES: All The World's A Stage, And All The Men And Women Merely Waiting For You To Hit 'Record'
It is also impossible not to be numbed by the numbers: More than 2 million people in Ohio -- 18% of the state population -- face what the government terms food insecurity.
Still, the results are expected to shed light on the sometimes subtle differences in effectiveness and side effects among various treatments for schizophrenia, a disabling mental illness marked by hallucinations, delusions and numbed emotions.
For anyone numbed by the impersonal nature of modern Chinese apartment blocks or the frenzied pace of urban China, the earth buildings are enchanting reminders of communal village life and the ancient rhythms of the agrarian southeast.
And Mr Prodi's apparent success in bringing Italy within shouting distance of the Maastricht test has numbed his right-wing opponents, most of whom approve of the government's euro ambition but have derided its efforts to achieve it.
应用推荐