She was temporarily numbed to the announcement of Jeffrey's death so that she took it in a matter-of-fact fashion.

Temporarily numbed by her confession, she took up the sixth rod.

Willen stared stupidly at Lond, the feu toilet's intellect temporarily numbed by Bouki's terror.

His brown hand snapped about T'reb's wrist, his fingers digging into the tendons so painfully that the green rider's hand was temporarily numbed.

(Bill Evans once played a week at the Village Vanguard with his left hand alone, but that was because he had temporarily numbed his right arm in the process of shooting up.)

I had swung out wide, far enough that he would need to turn away from Oar to aim at me; and she was still standing, still holding the axe, even if the last shot had temporarily numbed her.