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In his final work Norman Mailer offers his concept of the nature of God, showing that even at 84, the author's blade had not been dulled.

The years have dulled Mickey's personality, a result of him becoming the corporate face of a multibillion-dollar entertainment empire.

Duality has dulled many minds, and a veil was drawn over your memories so that you could focus on the experience without being distracted.

I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me.

Some of the triumph in her heart was dulled by a nagging fear.

His handling of a series of minor scandals has dulled his sheen, at least temporarily.

The senses of these rhinos had been dulled by the cold concrete of Slav zoo life.

When we look at objects or buildings which seem to be at peace within themselves, our perception becomes calm and dulled.

He having fallen into habits of luxury , his mind had been dulled .

I miss him so much. The acute, stabbing pain I had felt whenever I thought his name had long since dulled.

Coffee became popular with scholars as it sharpened the mind rather than dulled it like alcohol.

Inflation is the autosuggestion, the hypnotism, the anesthetic, that has dulled the pain of the operation for him.

Prolonged prosperity dulled people's sense of risk.

Meanwhile, the doctrine of jihad would be dulled through amendment.

The monster flood had dulled its roar and retreated, but its impact would be long-lasting.

A month later, when they were re-tested, their sensitivity to sweet tastes and conscious enjoyment of them had dulled.

Green Democrats are wary of nuclear, but the edge of their worry has been dulled by the even greater worry over climate change.

stripped away the candle wax and smoke that had dulled the golden hue of the cross.

As it is his night off, and as I have promised to keep him company, I have already dulled myself to his queries.

They most probably are intoxicated, i. E. Drunk , with a dulled response from their pupils .

China's economic strength has also dulled the political appetite for radicalism.

But has the proliferation of images devalued photojournalism and dulled its influence?

The surf's roar was here dulled, but its tone was, nevertheless, thunderous and mighty.

The disease had sharpened my senses - not destroyed - not dulled them.

My mind dulled as I heard these familiar historical facts.

The hard bone has dulled up the knife blade.

Notice the small area of contact (dulled gray spot on tooth).

The passage of time has not dulled the horror.

Being fortunate had dulled her powers of observation.

All very well but prosperity has dulled the interest in diversification, says Doug Elliott, who publishes an economic newsletter.

Using the kitchen scissors for cutting wire dulled them.

Somebody must have dulled the knife.

humbled and dulled by having the state look after me.

The aching in his arms had dulled.

Life is dulled, and you don't get much accomplished.

The surf's roar was here dulled .

Her cry for help dulled.

When I am sick, I have a dulled appetite.

one's sense dulled by his emotion