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Collocations for numb - verb

Numb is used with these nouns as the object:
mind, pain

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Collocations for numb - adj.

1. unable to feel pain

VERBS

be, feel
Robin's hand felt numb with cold.
become, go, grow, turn
His fingers were beginning to go numb.

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ADVERB

almost
comfortably
After two drinks I was feeling comfortably numb.

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PREPOSITION

from
My legs were numb from kneeling.

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PHRASES

numb with (the) cold
Their fingers were going numb with cold.

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2. unable to feel/think/react

VERBS

be, feel
leave sb
The news left us numb.

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PREPOSITION

with
He felt numb with shock.

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Numb is used with these nouns:
finger

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