deafen

Example Sentences

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When one performer delivered a few lines in a deafening shout, she said, “Remember ... if you are screaming, pull that mike away.”

From Los Angeles Times

In another era of the timeless Loyola-Mira Costa rivalry, of clean-shaven Cubs walking in wearing suits and ties and Mustangs entering with mustaches and Hawaiian shirts, that deafening first-set spike might’ve warranted a skirmish.

From Los Angeles Times

Between the pounding bass and Beatlemania screams, the atmosphere was deafening.

From Los Angeles Times

She praised the acclaimed and famously deafening band for their "sense of absolute chaos, and you feel that your ears are falling off, but then there's this real delicate quality to the lyrics".

From BBC

Faryad said he felt like something hit him in the back, followed by a deafening sound before he fell to the ground.

From Seattle Times