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  • Witnessing so many untrained people willing to endure painful injuries and constant, bone-numbing fatigue all in the name of the penguins was surely as inspiring to us as our presence was to them.

    The Great Penguin Rescue Dyan DeNapoli 2010

  • Although Tanis could neither see nor hear what had attracted her attention, he felt a bone-numbing chill spread through the hallway.

    Finnegan teoriza la practica de cuerdas Carlos G.Tonda 2010

  • My elbow struck wood with a bone-numbing thump as I was shoved roughly over a threshold of some sort, and I fell headlong into a black stench, alive and wriggling with unseen forms.

    Sick Cycle Carousel 2010

  • This bone-numbing exhaustion was experienced by everyone involved in the rescue effort, particularly those of us in supervisory or managerial roles, as we worked constantly day and night for weeks on end without stopping.

    The Great Penguin Rescue Dyan DeNapoli 2010

  • But on the other side of the world, Russians seem to be ecstatic with the bone-numbing weather.

    CNN Transcript Jan 10, 2010 2010

  • Although the penguin dreams eventually stopped, it took longer for the bone-numbing exhaustion that had plagued me in Cape Town to dissipate.

    The Great Penguin Rescue Dyan DeNapoli 2010

  • The remark was followed by a wave of bone-numbing cold.

    LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

  • The remark was followed by a wave of bone-numbing cold.

    LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

  • The remark was followed by a wave of bone-numbing cold.

    LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

  • After a rain-soaked victory in Miami the night before and then a frigid, bone-numbing homecoming parade through the streets of downtown Indianapolis on Monday night, the Colts finally arrived back at their stadium for a raucous celebration with their fans.

    Colts return to frigid Indy, rally in Dome 2007

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