Dogtooth, too, despite its abstract premise, could be read as an indictment of the older generation, in which context its images of teenagers stumbling blindfolded around their own garden, anaesthetising themselves just to pass the time, and quoting American movies in complete ignorance of what they're saying, take on a certain resonance. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Taking a job as a librarian, she finds herself devouring exactly the kind of books Hadley describes, in a sense anaesthetising herself against present pain. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Squid tartare, pickled radish and samphire would have tasted of nothing even without a palate-anaesthetising "frozen squid ink jus" slightly cooler than liquid nitrogen. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Cold water was never bad at anaesthetising hunger: and hunger was an odd sort of thing, not so much a grind in the stomach as an overall feeling of lassitude, and a headache. ❋ Josh Spilker (2010)
She puts an anaesthetising cream on my face and says: "This won't hurt." ❋ Lucy Cavendish (2010)
After his arrest Christie also confessed to the murders of Geraldine and Beryl Evans, saying that in the latter case he had subdued her by anaesthetising her with coal gas before strangling her. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Martin had warned me of the Priam tyre situation ( 'keep your sarcastic tongue behind your splendid teeth') and had begged me also to swamp the grumpy, dumpy millionaire owner with anaesthetising charm in advance, in case Priam Jones's fears materialised and the horse drew a blank. ❋ Francis, Dick (2000)
A nurse gently placed a green operating garment over him, with a square cut out around his penis, before applying anaesthetising jelly. ❋ Susan Johnson (1999)
I'll get on with anaesthetising the colt as soon as possible. ❋ Francis, Dick (1995)
The anaesthetising effect of the need for non-stop action and urgent thinking was beginning to wear off, and the more it wore off the older and more worn I felt. ❋ MacLean, Alistair (1962)
A similar anaesthetising effect was found if they held hands with their partners when "moderately painful heat stimuli" was applied to their forearms. ❋ Unknown (2011)
This declaration does seem too little too late for Pearl, in Chigago, where Jimmy tends to her with an anaesthetising cocktail of orange juice and laudanum as he tries to shelter her from the fact that with her face destroyed, she will no longer be allowed to work. ❋ Kathy Sweeney (2011)
Prof Maria Belvisi Imperial College London We wanted to do the research on anaesthetised rats, but we couldn't because the late response had been blocked by anaesthetising them. ❋ Unknown (2011)
During the final alleged incident, in November 2007, he is said to have touched a nurse's breast while they were anaesthetising a patient in theatre. ❋ Stephen Adams (2012)
