How to Use deadening in a Sentence

deadening

noun
  • Watch the whole thing below, and keep watch for the slow deadening of his eyes throughout the segment.
    — Tom Philip, GQ, 8 Dec. 2017
  • The deadening, coercive nature of this kind of thinking is disturbing.
    — Paula Marantz Cohen, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2017
  • The deadening of Yankees-Red Sox allowed other flowers to bloom.
    — Jason Gay, WSJ, 12 Apr. 2018
  • But the deadening of buzz will reverberate in other ways, with potentially grave consequences.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Assimilating to adult reality in the corrupt world of Elsinore is a deadening process.
    — Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 3 Oct. 2017
  • Meanwhile, powertrain drone and road noise have been addressed by numerous new sound-deadening and cabin-insulating measures.
    — Steve Siler, Car and Driver, 23 Mar. 2018
  • That means additional sound deadening, a different carpet, and a thicker cargo cover compared with its Opel sibling.
    — David Beard, Car and Driver, 5 July 2017
  • His formative years at Time and Life left a deadening, middlebrow mark on his style, blunting the edges of an otherwise singular perspective.
    — Roy Scranton, The New Republic, 27 June 2019
  • This is a traumatic model of black history whose hallmark is a deadening, Oedipal regularity.
    — Ismail Muhammad, Slate Magazine, 15 Feb. 2017
  • Stripped of its interior, insulation, and sound deadening, the car’s cabin is dominated by a rally-spec roll cage, significantly stiffening the 23-year old bodyshell.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 3 July 2017
  • Gonzalo Thought, a deadening, pedantic reinterpretation of Marxism, would spread to acclaim and worldwide revolution.
    — Rachel Nolan, Harper's magazine, 24 June 2019
  • While front-wheel-drive isn't usually considered ideal for a sports car, the Integra handles beautifully and its engine sound — unmuted by the usual sound deadening materials applied to most road cars — is said to be fantastic.
    — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 26 Dec. 2019
  • The tetrodotoxin is up to 1,200 times more poisonous than that of cyanide, and can cause deadening of the tongue and lips, dizziness, vomiting, arrhythmia, difficulty breathing, muscle paralysis and, if left untreated, death.
    — Daniel Jameson, CNT, 10 July 2017
  • The tetrodotoxin is up to 1,200 times more poisonous than that of cyanide, and can cause deadening of the tongue and lips, dizziness, vomiting, arrhythmia, difficulty breathing, muscle paralysis, and, if left untreated, death.
    — Daniel Jameson, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Sep. 2019

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