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1. Putting my hand over the receiver so as not to deafen Anna, I call out to the girls in the kitchen –
2. Talia’s heart pounded in her ears so loudly that she thought it might deafen her
3. farts that would deafen and burn the hairs out of one’s nostrils
4. He got a big fright as he just managed to dodge it, he heard the windforce of the other two projectiles that almost deafen him his ears as it flew in circles on his left and right shoulders
5. A thousand arguments spring to my lips; ten thousand definitive conclusions deafen my ears
6. as the water sound began to deafen me
7. Featherstone pulled at both sides of his wig as if he wanted to deafen himself, and his sister went away ruminating on this oracular speech of his
8. The storm culminated in one matchless effort that seemed likely to tear the island to pieces, burn it up, drown it to the treetops, blow it away, and deafen every creature in it, all at one and the same moment
1. There is a stool in the alcove from where Shaun can watch the night unfold without being deafened by the soundtrack of people screwing up their lives
2. The moment was short-lived as a peal of thunder deafened us, and our thoughts snapped back to the plight of our missing family
3. As the Preceptor paused again, the badgers assembled in the Great Chamber exploded into a cheer that almost deafened Brokin in his hiding place, and it was as well that they did, because the shock of hearing the Preceptor's words had wrung a loud gasp from his throat
4. The unending noise in Roller Alley was so bad that some Rollers deliberately deafened themselves, but he’d never had the courage to do that, preferring to stuff cotton wads in his ears instead
5. I found myself being deafened by the sweet noise of aristocratic music mingled with the flirtatious conversation of courtesans
6. The roar of it deafened her inner mind, knocking her backwards and onto the ground again
7. I was nearly blinded by their Light and almost deafened by their tones
8. without being deafened by the knocks on the wood, but when I
9. The noise deafened her
10. The watchers on the walls were stunned and deafened by the thunder as they gripped the battlements and watched the steel maelstrom swirl and eddy, where plumes tossed high among the flashing swords, and standards dipped and reeled
11. But when he focused on what he could actually hear, he was deafened by the silence of it all
12. its approach – I realized then, I was completely deafened by the blast, and blood was coming
13. Wahid, sick with worry, knelt besides Nancy and the two girls and patted Nancy’s shoulder, speaking up loudly: she most probably had been at the least deafened by the nearby explosion
14. And when they had reached the gun they continued to wrestle until a loud bang deafened the air
15. The hum of the engines deafened out all other sounds apart from the occasional creaking of the fuselage, and although he was tired, he probably wouldn't be able to sleep
16. They installed one in my Shuttle and I nearly deafened
17. The roar of the falls had deafened her to the approach of two men
18. The energy of magic was so high that Hunter felt deafened by it
19. That was the moment our horseman was waiting for: he held up a vial from the neck of the horse and banged it on its head between the ears, The animal heard a sound like a loud clap of thunder and was deafened, this was followed by drops of water falling on its head as if it was raining
20. All of that has come as a result of people's immersion in the worldly life and their following to the sun of this western civilization which blinded their eyes from seeing facts and deafened their ears from hearing the truth out of the wrong doings they committed
21. clothes, smothered by the sea, deafened by the wind
22. She said something under her breath but the loud thud of my heart deafened me to her words, but not to her fear
23. The violent blast impulse from the cannon actually pushed Catkin and his men backwards a couple of steps and the roar of the gun momentarily stunned and deafened all of them
24. The almighty sound of the glass exploding deafened them both
25. They were blinded, deafened, and dazed as though they were an army of stone
26. Then a flash of light blinded him, an explosion deafened him
27. Who could sit upon anything in Fleet-street during the busy hours of the day, and not be dazed and deafened by two immense processions, one ever tending westward with the sun, the other ever tending eastward from the sun, both ever tending to the plains beyond the range of red and purple where the sun goes down!
28. All over the place nothing was to be heard except the barking of dogs, which deafened the ears of Don Quixote and troubled the heart of Sancho
29. The blaze of the fire and the noise of the warlike instruments almost blinded the eyes and deafened the ears of those that stood by, and indeed of all who were in the wood
30. The fact of the matter was that some men were taking above six hundred pigs to sell at a fair, and were on their way with them at that hour, and so great was the noise they made and their grunting and blowing, that they deafened the ears of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, and they could not make out what it was
31. After a vociferous consultation, which was, at times, deafened by bursts of savage joy, they again separated, filling the air with the
32. Even spat with fury, the single word is an aria to once deafened ears
33. Casaubon I saw that he deafened himself in that direction: it was almost against his will that he read a Latin treatise written by a German
34. Amid the smoke, deafened by the incessant reports which always made him jump, Tushin not taking his pipe from his mouth ran from gun to gun, now aiming, now counting the charges, now giving orders about replacing dead or wounded horses and harnessing fresh ones, and shouting in his feeble voice, so high pitched and irresolute
35. He mounted it and rode at a gallop to one of the bridges over the Niemen, deafened continually by incessant and rapturous acclamations which he evidently endured only because it was impossible to forbid the soldiers to express their love of him by such shouting, but the shouting which accompanied him everywhere disturbed him and distracted him from the military cares that had occupied him from the time he joined the army
36. It did not reach the combatants, absorbed and deafened as they were, each by the other, as their breath mingled in the struggle
37. He was vexed with himself, he was angry with that whirlwind of emotions which had deafened, blinded, and carried him away
38. They were only tiled roof with such venom that Tom and Willie were quite deafened
39. Where the noise came from, she couldn't make out: the air seemed full of it, and it rang through and through her head till she felt quite deafened
40. The weaver-god, he weaves; and by that weaving is he deafened, that he hears no mortal voice; and by that humming, we, too, who look on the loom are deafened; and only when we escape it shall we hear the thousand voices that speak through it
41. Amid the smoke, deafened by the incessant reports which always made him jump, Túshin not taking his pipe from his mouth ran from gun to gun, now aiming, now counting the charges, now giving orders about replacing dead or wounded horses and harnessing fresh ones, and shouting in his feeble voice, so high pitched and irresolute
1. The silence was deafening
2. They were very hungry, jumping and snarling and twisting at him, savaging each other to get at him, deafening in their din
3. The jaw closed and the shriek, wind and thunder began and soon rose to deafening once again
4. As she was walking back into the room there was a flash of light and a deafening bang
5. There was the deafening crack of splintering wood as the yacht was chopped and shredded
6. I had to think despite the deafening gate noise
7. Other donkeys started braying and the racket was deafening in these close quarters
8. The sounds of swords was deafening
9. was deafening, and the stench of cordite in the air was enough to
10. Kev had joined Mickey stamping … the noise was deafening
11. Her resultant screams were deafening, resounding around the room, bouncing off the bare walls, adding tearing harmonics to dizzying echoes
12. The absence of young kids’ kickball games was deafening
13. the point where it was almost deafening
14. " The gasp that sucked the air from the room was deafening
15. The deafening screech of new caterpillar treads and the smell of diesel tainted eucalyptus smoke in the rising heat mixed with red dust and shifting sand, gave the site a post apocalyptic appearance
16. Their deafening charge down the wall took the Plague by surprise
17. The rhythm mounted, became deafening!
18. The living before the dead was the maxim, so he headed across his land towards the boys now obviously frightened out of their minds until another wind gust blew more embers behind the lads, now cutting off any chance of escape, the only sound was the deafening roar of grass and trees catching alight and two boys trapped in an ever degreasing circle of fire
19. “Pappi has to be removed,” I said and a deafening silence
20. The deafening silence was shattered in a manner so majestic
21. But eyes opened wide with a deafening crash and the low rumble of fast-falling rocks and tumbling boulders that followed
22. A couple of police cars passed by the van, driving in the opposite direction towards the convenience store, their sirens making a vivid display of blue and red colors and an ear deafening noise
23. They erupted into a deafening laughter that took several minutes to subside
24. “Where’s the niche?” he screams to himself, “Where’s the niche?” The dragon’s screeching and shrieking are deafening as he gropes The Perfect Prank
25. There was near silence for a moment and then a series of deafening cracks, each vibrating the whole ship
26. The whine of its turbines was almost deafening as it got close enough to the rocks to throw billowing clouds of grey dust into the air
27. They really are a curse of biblical proportions and their constant buzzing is deafening when they are present in such numbers
28. Roleston grabbed his wife who had begun frantically gyrating to the deafening beat
29. The crowd cheered with ecstasy and a deafening roar of applause made the arena shake
30. panic was deafening, but he contained it, wrestling with the terror that made his heart a hammering
31. Thimble Downers also liked to talk while eating, causing the volume in the little shop to reach deafening levels as Rufus Lickspittle answered their many questions, all the while being peppered with flying bits of cake, pie, and cobbler from the yammering village folk
32. The floor cracked and split wider and wider with a deafening sound
33. My question to them regards their deafening silence after Mr Mandela was released in 1990, a time when we were left with no leadership, but we will come to that subject as well
34. Lightning was shooting out of the black clouds, followed by deafening thunder
35. Pirate was spun around with dizzying speed, the roaring and the thunder deafening his ears and the lightning blinding his eyes
36. A deafening howl ensued upon a perfect aim by William
37. Her screams were deafening
38. Even more: the next day, all of Spain gave the whole world a great lesson of unity and solidarity of national mourning and of a deafening repulse of terrorism with impressive massive demonstrations throughout the whole country
39. The cry throughout Spain is deafening: “No more terrorism
40. Your party is on the line,” she said, just as a deafening blast of static assailed Sylvia’s ear
41. It didn't last long, as their chants were drowned out by the sound of a deafening hum
42. The cheers were broken by the deafening sound of horns
43. The noise was deafening; grunts, chants and snarls filled the air
44. The scarcity of rubber tires during the war had caused most vehicles, both motorized and those pulled by draft animals, to be fitted with iron-rimmed wheels, and their clatter on the city’s cobblestone streets was at times deafening
45. There is a deafening noise of at least 2 rifles being fired
46. after a deafening pause that Stinger showed that there
47. The bird song was deafening
48. The sound of sword against sword, and swords that cut through flesh and bones were ear deafening
49. All at once, there was a deafening roar that coincided with Colling losing his footing and sliding to the floor of the wheelhouse
50. The dance, the song, the music, the yells and the laughter was ear deafening, no one could any longer perceive anything but what was happening right in front of them
1. The roaring in his ears all but deafens him
