Then she sat numb and silent for a long, long time, or perhaps only for minutes.

An infant sits mute and numb in the womb of every woman.

He sat numb and staring, as motionless as the humanoid.

Near the mosque, people sat numb with shock as they tried to confront the scope of the disaster.

The listeners sat numb, unsure of how to take his proposal for a single nation.

I sat by my bed numb with horror.

She sat numb, eyes closing, opening to each of us.

She sat numb for nearly half an hour, saying nothing.

He sat numb and silent, staring at her.

And they sat numb and silent in a small hospital office, as a doctor gently told them that Danny was dead.