(1) Young people, he said, share a common culture that has been shaped by television shows that desensitize youth to violence and often have revenge as a central point in the plot.

(2) The goal is to desensitize you to specific allergens and decrease or eliminate your need for medications.

(3) And so, in America we desensitize ourselves to what is about to occur.

(4) If your symptoms are especially difficult to control, your doctor may recommend allergy shots to desensitize you to dust mites.

(5) Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that if we desensitize ourselves enough, we can condone any immoral action.

(6) The goal is to modify dysfunctional cognitions and to desensitize patients to the fear and anxiety associated with certain situations.

(7) Ice cold beverages desensitize the taste-buds and prevent the evaporation of the volatile components that contribute aroma.

(8) When you're a nurse, you see so much sadness and pain on a daily basis that you almost have to desensitize yourself to it just to stay sane.

(9) Sexual offenders often begin this process with nonsexual physical contact and may proceed with sexual discussions in order to desensitize the victim.

(10) Allergy shots are used to desensitize you to certain allergies.

(11) This finding may have therapeutic applications; however, it may also be applicable in advertising to desensitize fear of a dangerous product, such as cigarettes.

(12) I mentally made myself a reminder to desensitize her to balloons.

(13) In some cases, an allergist may recommend immunotherapy (allergy shots) to help desensitize your child.

(14) Creams to desensitize the skin at the site of the injection

(15) As violence of any kind is legalized, the society becomes desensitized , resulting in an increase in violence and crime.

(16) Many patients have purposely put off dental work until this desensitizer is available.

(17) The war's cruelty has shocked a country that thought it was desensitized to violence.

(18) Many of them have also been desensitized to acts of extreme violence.

(19) Slapping the injection site accomplishes two things: it mildly desensitizes the area and it reduces the chance of the horse reacting to the prick of the needle.

(20) The CAM practitioner injects extracts of suspected allergens under your skin with the goal of eventually desensitizing you to them.