For about ten minutes after he stormed out my numbed mind was in a sort of straitjacket.

In that split second he was forcing his numbed, sleep-bemused mind to work.

For the first time, Carlin's numbed mind felt a vague hope.

The future now was gray and impenetrable when she looked at it, her numbed mind empty of all thought.

She depended on him; the thought flashed with relief through his numbed mind.

And strength and resolution were coming back into his numbed mind.

Somewhere within his numbed mind an incredible thought was dawning.

There had to be an answer; he forced his numbed mind to check over the possibilities.

Jenny thought, with what power was left in her numbed mind, his saying could make it so.

Slowly, the empty quality of the silence penetrated his numbed mind.