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And the unseeing and unhearing God in whose image they were created sighed, “They’re so close.”

She lectures him on humanity, he teaches her how to fire a rifle, and their disagreements — Cat’s especially — sometimes slide into unhearing self-righteous harangue.

He asked help first from the senate of his native town, Genoa; but Genoa turned to him an unhearing ear.

She inveigled Poppy to sit down and take some tea and some delicately prepared sandwiches; in the meantime, she unfolded the tale of her woes to the girl's unhearing ears.

Up on the bridge, they won't be able to hear their effect on the music, nor will I be able to see them pass – this is a duet by the unseeing and the unhearing.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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