How to Use deafen in a Sentence

deafen

verb

• The cheers of the fans as the door opened on the plane and the team walked out was deafening.
  — Joshua Gunter, cleveland, 27 Dec. 2019
• Sometimes, the trio clapped along to the deafening beats of pans and drums.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
• The band members lined up at the front of the stage and bowed, and the curtains closed to deafening applause.
  — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 17 Nov. 2023
• To Sladek, the sound of blade hitting bone was deafening.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 May 2024
• Ballard at one point just sat and smiled as the cheers on the other end of the phone were deafening.
  — Joseph Spears, Indianapolis Star, 27 Apr. 2018
• The noise of cheers, chants, music and truck horns was deafening.
  — Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Dec. 2023
• The noise of this on a concrete floor was deafening — a Morse Code from the nether regions.
  — Bulletin Board, Twin Cities, 2 Apr. 2017
• Expect a whole lot of yelling, a roiling sea of mosh pits and enough bass to deafen all of L.A. Live.
  — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2023
• Both are squeaky wheels in need of grease, but the GIF's squeaking is deafening.
  — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2017
• Many of the ringers wore earplugs or headphones to muffle the deafening peals.
  — Joseph Wilson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 July 2024
• The silence at the center of this moral void is deafening.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Dec. 2023
• Even in the water, the noise in the aquatic center was deafening.
  — SELF, 11 June 2024
• The mere sight of Rapinoe on the sideline draws deafening cheers.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2023
• When the lights cut, the stage turned red and a giant skull with golden eyes lit up the screen behind the stage, the shrieks were deafening.
  — Holly Gleason, Variety, 2 June 2023
• By the time the clips roll to President Trump, the theater fills with deafening boos.
  — Emily Zemler, latimes.com, 2 Apr. 2018
• Tracks still border one side of the park, and trains hurtle by in deafening bursts.
  — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
• On two trips in April and May to his cabin near Park Falls, the silence has been deafening.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2018
• Witnesses said the bull was struck dozens of times, and the sound of the battering was deafening.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2019
• Seconds later, the noise had built to a crescendo and the cheering and chants were deafening.
  — Rob Tornoe, Philly.com, 4 July 2017
• From his place at the back of the theater, Shepard knew his play was dying on its feet by the deafening sound of silence in the house.
  — Robert Greenfield, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Apr. 2023
• The only things filling the gym after that were deafening screams mixed with a few Roll Tide shouts.
  — Adam Coleman, Houston Chronicle, 8 Feb. 2018
• Just 400 feet from the main building, the stockyards are deafening and hectic.
  — Max Siegelbaum, The Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2017
• The silence was deafening on film, and even more so on all of their social media tonight.
  — Sophie Lewis, CBS News, 14 Nov. 2019
• And that’s after launch, where they’ll be shaken like a can of paint and blasted with deafening noise.
  — Jonathan O’Callaghan, WIRED, 14 Aug. 2024
• When Belichick held up one of the Celtics T-shirts handed out at the game before the start of the fourth quarter, the applause was near-deafening.
  — Jeff Jacobs, courant.com, 11 May 2017
• The lack of empathy and remorse is deafening from this man child.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 14 May 2020
• But until then, much like a A Quiet Place, the silence is deafening!
  — Morgan Baila, refinery29.com, 25 June 2018
• The roar of an unseen crowd blares, a deafening noise that rises and falls in enveloping waves.
  — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
• While the Emmys are certainly not the forum to stump for candidates, the silence was kind of deafening.
  — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024
• The deafening silence was broken one afternoon by another call from Robert.
  — Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024