deafening
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He stepped to the line and breathed deep in the face of a deafening Knicks crowd.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Arman had just sat down to eat when a deafening sound erupted.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
When the buyer’s answer isn’t good enough, Miranda is forced to find another way for Runway to forge on, amid the deafening sound of a ticking clock.
From Salon • May 6, 2026
The most painful part of waiting is not often not the delay itself, but the deafening silence as you sit looking at the clock ticking by.
From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026
Every day I woke to deafening silence instead of my sisters' laughter and shrieks.
From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed
Vocabulary lists containing deafening
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Unit 1, Week 5
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