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How to use deaf in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective, noun, verb

Deaf means unable (or partially able) to hear. Example: “My brother has been deaf since sustaining injuries in the war.”

Examples of deaf by meaning

adjectiveUnable (or partially able) to hear.

  • My brother has been deaf since sustaining injuries in the war.
  • It's important for TV shows to provide closed captioning for the deaf.

adjectiveUnwilling to listen or be persuaded; determinedly inattentive.

  • Those people are deaf to reason.

adjectiveOf or relating to the community of deaf people.

  • The best place to fight Hollywood deafism is in our deaf schools.1994, Bruce N. Snider, Carol Erting, Robert C. Johnson, The Deaf Way, page 734

adjectiveDecayed; tasteless; useless.

  • a deaf nut; deaf corn

nounA deaf person.

  • Negotiations for South Vietnam's political future and the enforcement of cease-fire between two sides progressed like a conversation between two deafs.1980, Cao Van Vien, Van Khuyen Dong, Reflections on the Vietnam War
  • Some deafs too," I told her.2014, Chelsea Handler, My Horizontal Life, →ISBN
  • Two deafs did not always make deaf babies.2015, Judith Richards, The Sounds of Silence, →ISBN

More sentences with deaf

  • That new musician must be tone deaf: he sharped half the notes of the song!From the entry sharp
  • Every time I ask him to do something for me, it falls on deaf ears.From the entry fall on deaf ears
  • Years of working under such noisy conditions ultimately left him stone deaf.From the entry stone deaf
  • Deaf people may be able to read people's lips, but it's not a foolproof means of communication.From the entry read someone's lips
  • Instead of full English sentences, the deaf presenter wrote his talking points in sign gloss.From the entry sign gloss
  • Deaf and mute people communicate using sign language.From the entry language
  • I was deaf, but now I can hear.From the entry hear
  • My father is stone deaf. This soup is stone cold.From the entry stone
  • Deaf people often must deal with hearing people.From the entry hearing
  • Many deaf people communicate with sign language.From the entry communicate
  • Some argued that oralism was the best way to teach language to the deaf, while others argued that manualism worked best.From the entry manualism
  • They turned a deaf ear to her entreaties.From the entry turn a deaf ear
  • Nonsigning parents may have trouble communicating with their deaf children.From the entry nonsigning
  • Turned out it was Father repositioning a deaf and jigglesome Mother on the commode.2025 April, Jem Clarke, “Eureka! My Archimedes moment”, in The Oldie, page 43. From the entry jigglesome
  • You were dealing with a person who was an 85 percenter: dumb, deaf, and blind.2018, U-God [Lamont Hawkins], Raw: My Journey Into The Wu-Tang, New York, N.Y.: Picador, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 149. From the entry beastful
  • Hiring an interpreter for CHS and the deaf school outta my own hefty pockets.2011, Josh Berk, The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin, Random House Digital, Inc., →ISBN, page 244. From the entry buff
  • I thought at the time that they must be deaf or daft in Sheffield.2011 September 15, Martyn Johnson, What's Tha Up To?: Memories of a Yorkshire Bobby, Hachette UK, →ISBN. From the entry teacake
  • You are the normal child of the deaf that was told all the mistalk by his mother.2011, Yemi Adebiyi, The Pastor's Prostitute. From the entry mistalk
  • They have usured themselves deaf, blind, and senseless, and they hear, see, and feel nothing more.2007, Philip D. Krey, Peter D. S. Krey, Luther's Spirituality, page 42. From the entry usure
  • Maybe because he's deaf, he won't have to lash himself to the mast to avoid our cries.2007, Alice Greenway -, White Ghost Girls. From the entry lash oneself to the mast
  • Deaf as a frikken rock, but is a real dooker when he gets wound up.2004 June 10, lin, “In Other News.......”, in alt.pets.ferrets (Usenet). From the entry dooker
  • And grandmother sat in her rocker before the fireplace, deaf as a doorpost and half-blind as well.2003, David Farland, The Lair of Bones, Macmillan, page 203. From the entry deaf as a doorpost
  • I am deaf but not a dumbie, though I cannot speak.2001, Marly Youmans, The Wolf Pit, Harvest Books, published 2003, →ISBN, page 304. From the entry dumbie
  • The recreolization studies focus upon individual cases of recreolization within a broader population of deaf signers.2000, David McNeill, Language and Gesture, →ISBN, page 366. From the entry recreolization
  • My girl friend felt the same way when she attended parties with deaf people.1989, Leo M. Jacobs, A Deaf Adult Speaks Out, page 143. From the entry left out
  • This really confirms that Sacramentans turn a deaf ear to efforts to legislate bigotry and homophobia.1986 December 14, Jeffrey Ruda, quoting Ron Gray, “Sacramento Holds On To Lesbian/Gay Rights”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number…. From the entry turn a deaf ear
  • Soooo, conversation relating to living beyond the walls falls on deaf ears sometimes.1984 August 18, Eronel, “Women In Cages”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 6, page 6. From the entry fall on deaf ears
  • This is not ununusual in relation to past findings of the achievement of deaf children.1972, Hilde S. Schlesinger, Kathryn P. Meadow-Orlans, Sound and Sign: Childhood Deafness and Mental Health, page 126. From the entry ununusual
  • And Mr Biswas knew for sure then, what he had intuited and dismissed: Bhandat was deaf.1961, V[idiadhar] S[urajprasad] Naipaul, “Among the Readers and Learners”, in A House for Mr Biswas, Russell edition, London: André…. From the entry intuit
  • How could such confirmedly bookish types write an I-love-reading book so fundamentally tone deaf as to why reading can inspire love?2008 May 11, Roger Sutton, “Because It’s Good for You”, in New York Times. From the entry confirmedly
  • Everyone is blind and deaf in their own private dancescapes.2007, Ian McDonald, River of Gods, page 64. From the entry dancescape
  • Of course, no one in the system cares, so his anger is Learlike, screaming to the deaf heavens.2003, Rafe Esquith, chapter 8, in There Are No Shortcuts, New York: Pantheon, page 118. From the entry Learlike

Meaning of deaf

  1. adjective Unable (or partially able) to hear.
  2. adjective Unwilling to listen or be persuaded; determinedly inattentive.
  3. adjective Of or relating to the community of deaf people.

Full definition of deaf

Questions about deaf in a sentence

How do you use deaf in a sentence?
Deaf is used as an adjective, noun and verb. For example: “My brother has been deaf since sustaining injuries in the war.”
What is a short sentence with deaf?
“a deaf nut; deaf corn”
What does deaf mean?
Deaf means unable (or partially able) to hear.

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