deaf

“I was so excited. She’s a young deaf girl, just like many others out there. And this journey that she’s going on is just going to be so amazing.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

The actress, who is deaf, played the major role of "Jia" in "Godzilla v Kong" and the sequel "Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire."

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

Even the true believer in economic isolationism isn’t deaf to the constituencies it would harm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

In the worst cases, trading standards investigators said one driver was given a "full pass" despite being "profoundly deaf" while another was "recorded as having perfect vision" despite having a glass eye.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

Emma soon recollected, and understood him; and while she joined in the laugh, it was evident from Jane’s countenance that she too was really hearing him, though trying to seem deaf.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

As it dawns on her how dangerous and unwieldy the company she wants to inherit actually is, Shiv no longer tries to make herself useful to her dad — and Logan’s ears turn deafer.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 2021

“I’m getting more deafer and my wife is getting more louder,” he said with a laugh.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 24, 2017

They are "all screen and the speakers face backwards", he said, though he conceded: "We are all getting a little older and, perhaps, deafer."

From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2017

This suggests a co-evolutionary struggle in which the mother’s body becomes deafer as the offspring becomes louder.

From Scientific American ● Dec. 27, 2011

Old Gamgee did not look much older, but he was a little deafer.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

But even the deafest and most stay-at-home began to hear queer tales; and those whose business took them to the borders saw strange things.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

To a piteous plea to remain and enjoy the old man's wealth, he turned the deafest of ears.

From Trifles for the Christmas Holidays by Armstrong, H. S.

When Solomon Flint returned home that night he found Miss Lillycrop seated beside old Mrs Flint, shouting into her deafest ear.

From Post Haste by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

Genius hovers with his sunshine and music close by the darkest and deafest eras.

From Representative Men by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

I will engage to let the tyrant hear on the deafest side of his head, and will limp into his presence with most unfeigned sincerity.”

From The Pirate City An Algerine Tale by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)