1.   Finally, the sweetness of the moment dulled the pain of knowing I had just placed my most cherished customer in jeopardy.

2.   He drank some alcohol to dull the pain.

3.   Three times a day, he takes medication to dull the pain from back problems.

4.   She takes medicine to dull the pain.

5.   Gin, ice and tonic water dull the pain of a long day.

6.   Maxim swamped his eyes with water time and again dulling the pain except when he tried to see.

7.   The anaesthetist, Peter Graham, had arrived and managed to dull his pain.

8.   A victory could have dulled their pain.

9.   But none dulls the pain of that scene, and the unresolved mystery of who wanted his son dead.

10.   But nothing dulls the pain of his loss or answers the mystery of who wanted his son dead.