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How to use deafen in a sentence

10 example sentences · verb

Deafen means to make deaf, either temporarily or permanently. Example: “The head injury deafened her for life.”

Examples of deafen by meaning

verbTo make deaf, either temporarily or permanently.

  • The head injury deafened her for life.

verbTo make soundproof.

  • to deafen a wall or a floor

More sentences with deafen

  • Hence, perhaps, the dins Céline deafens us with, in texts more and more stuffed with onomatopoeias.1997, Philippe Bonnefis, translated by Paul Weidmann, Céline: The Recall of the Birds, page 109. From the entry stuffed
  • Kearn did not rant, he did not deafen you with heroics and empty mouthings.1941, Players Magazine. From the entry mouthing
  • Holden's heart was loud enough to deafen him.2011, Julia Knight, Ten Ruby Trick, Toronto: Carina Press, →ISBN. From the entry shark bait
  • Deafened by Awesomitude “What did I honestly drink?2011 August 18, Meghan Rowland, Chris Turner-Neal, The Misanthrope's Guide to Life: (Go Away!), Simon and Schuster, →ISBN. From the entry awesomitude
  • A savage din deafened the two counterboarding specialists before they had even made the open deck of the Leyte Gulf.2006, John Birmingham, Weapons of Choice: World War 2.1. From the entry counterboarding
  • As for me, I felt wretched and helpless, in the darkness, surrounded with angry waves, whose noise deafened me.1918, Maxim Gorky, “My Fellow-traveller”, in J. [K.] M. Shirazi [et al.], transl., Creatures that Once were Men […], New York, N.Y.: Boni…. From the entry wretched
  • They are deafened by it, crazed by the death of Nature till they are ready to accept Erebus and the rest as gods.1983, Gene Wolfe, chapter XXVIII, in The Citadel of the Autarch (The Book of the New Sun; 4), New York: Timescape, →ISBN, page 239. From the entry progress
  • But the others, who are in the path of the wind, they are clouted and pushed and beaten, blinded and deafened by the cyclone.1919, Victoria Sackville-West, Heritage, page 161. From the entry clouted

Meaning of deafen

  1. verb To make deaf, either temporarily or permanently.
  2. verb To make soundproof.
  3. verb To stun, as with noise.

Full definition of deafen

Questions about deafen in a sentence

How do you use deafen in a sentence?
Deafen is used as a verb. For example: “The head injury deafened her for life.”
What is a short sentence with deafen?
“The head injury deafened her for life.”
What does deafen mean?
Deafen means to make deaf, either temporarily or permanently.

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