deafen a room. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Sunlight washed over them, seeming to deafen them. From Wordnik.com. [Starship]
In plain English, Why do you deafen me with your croaking?. From Wordnik.com. [Redgauntlet] Reference
If I spoke a gentle word in your hearing, may it deafen you!. From Wordnik.com. [Dombey and Son] Reference
His ears rang but not enough to deafen them to Lugaid's words. From Wordnik.com. [Merlin's Mirror]
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Could ocean acidification deafen dolphins?. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Quicklink: Could ocean acidification deafen dolphins?] Reference
It would deafen the world with their cries of outrage and horror. From Wordnik.com. [Koizumi to Asia: Stop interfering! » Japundit Blog] Reference
"We might deafen you so you could not hear her," Trolla explained. From Wordnik.com. [The Source of Magic]
The shrieks of laughter you get in return will threaten to deafen you. From Wordnik.com. [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference
‘Then it must be written, or she will deafen me with her clamour.’. From Wordnik.com. [Kim] Reference
"I wish those bells could be stopped!" she exclaimed, "They deafen me.". From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
And deafen and mute them; it was conducive, radio could not get through. From Wordnik.com. [Explorations]
When love is the emotion conveyed, it can deafen you if you get too close. From Wordnik.com. [House of War] Reference
Screaming, as I have pointed out, was meant to blind and deafen the senses. From Wordnik.com. [The Unbearable Lightness of Being]
There wasn't anyone inside that we were trying to scare, surprise or deafen. From Wordnik.com. [All we need is Blog?] Reference
The whistles of the police leaped through the air, but did not deafen the shouts. From Wordnik.com. [Mother] Reference
"I will not abide in its darkness, nor suffer it to blind and deafen you, my lady.". From Wordnik.com. [The Clique] Reference
Any hat that does not deafen and blind him is quite a good fit to Inspector Cockrill. From Wordnik.com. [Death of Jezebel]
They blind, deafen, and strangle you, and take away all power of action or reflection. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8] Reference
VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Could ocean acidification deafen dolphins?'. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Quicklink: Could ocean acidification deafen dolphins?] Reference
She waved a flag with such vigor as to endanger the bystanders and yelled to deafen them. From Wordnik.com. [Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers] Reference
"I will not abide in its darkness, nor suffer it to blind and deafen you, my lady in domnei.". From Wordnik.com. [Explorations]
Be not foolish, O my soul, and do not let the tumult of your vanity deafen the ear of your heart. From Wordnik.com. [Confessions and Enchiridion, newly translated and edited by Albert C. Outler] Reference
The silence is your canvas, that's your frame, that's what you work on; don't try and deafen it out. From Wordnik.com. ['Life'] Reference
Thus did they deafen the sound of my tread: and least have I hitherto been heard by the most learned. From Wordnik.com. [Thus spake Zarathustra; A book for all and none] Reference
And I have heard it said that if it were not thus, the roaring of the suns would deafen the universe. From Wordnik.com. [The Urth of the New Sun]
A howl went up from the crowd in the square, the people around Daoud shouting so loudly as to deafen him. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
Try filing a discrimination suit as a white male of any age- the laughter from teh court will deafen you. From Wordnik.com. ["Do women earn less money than men for equal work?"] Reference
Trembling she took shelter inside the open stable door, her heart beating so hard it seemed to deafen her. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Finger A Trotting Christmas Eve at Warwingie Lost! The Loss of the "Vanity" Dick Stanesby's Hutkeeper The Yanyilla Steeplechase A Digger's Christmas] Reference
If I have to hear that song one more time I might have to stand next to a tornado siren and deafen myself. From Wordnik.com. [Top 10 Uses of Pop Songs in Movies » Scene-Stealers] Reference
"Try filing a discrimination suit as a white male of any age- the laughter from teh court will deafen you.". From Wordnik.com. ["Do women earn less money than men for equal work?"] Reference
He shivered a little, and with his face between her breasts pressed her soft breasts up over his ears, to deafen him. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Chatterley's Lover] Reference
I am also hoping to see acceptance of sound suppressors in the U.S. so we don't have to deafen ourselves or our dogs. From Wordnik.com. [E.J. Palumbo provided some interesting commentary to a question I posed about the direction of cartridge fads.] Reference
Even after the lightning vanished, he waited, cringing, for the explosive blast of thunder that must deafen him forever. From Wordnik.com. [Test of the Twins]
For the next hour Kalenits faded in and out of consciousness and the firefight continued as one endless, deafen-ing blur. From Wordnik.com. ['War'] Reference
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