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

The attendees were laughing at the routine, but “the room became deafeningly silent” when the comic began using the N-word and saying that the “Irish people were the “n——— of Europe.”

From Los Angeles Times

The noise of the 5:30 tap class — meant for ages 11 and up, it’s mostly populated by teenagers — is pleasantly deafening.

From Seattle Times

The singalong was deafening as she launched into “Doomsday,” a song from her most recent album, “Five Seconds Flat,” that equates a toxic high school relationship to a repeated death, an apocalypse of the self.

From Washington Post

New York would host Game 6, if necessary, on Friday at what has been a deafening Madison Square Garden during the last two games.

From Seattle Times