How to Use deafening in a Sentence

deafening

adjective
  • The deafening silence of the dead reef punched us in the gut.
    — National Geographic, 4 Jan. 2018
  • Then came a flash of light and a deafening crack, and a toilet lay in ruin.
    — Matthew Cappucci, chicagotribune.com, 12 Aug. 2019
  • Break out three giant claps, a dazzling smile and a deafening scream.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Men whistle, tromp through mud and, of course, fire deafening artillery rounds.
    — Chuck Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 28 Dec. 2018
  • Tim Cook’s silence on all this, by the way, is pretty deafening.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Each time the Swiss team scored, a deafening roar cut through the thick tropical air.
    — Rob Schmitz, NPR, 24 June 2026
  • Young’s ending is greeted with a deafening round of applause.
    — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The sound of absolute silence must be deafening when your best friend stops coming home.
    — Lois Szymanski, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 15 Nov. 2019
  • Apple’s hope is that maybe a little haptic jolt could be enough to nudge someone out of a deafening club.
    — Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 9 June 2019
  • The white and black birds literally fill the air, along with their nearly deafening sound.
    — Eric Adler, kansascity, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Dinosaurs still alive in Montana would have had their eardrums ripped apart by a deafening sonic boom.
    — Fox News, 9 Oct. 2019
  • That daylong buzz became a deafening roar as the Knights poured on the goals in the first period.
    — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Records say the sound created a deafening roar across Copenhagen.
    — CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The most deafening silence in all of this is on the part of the New York Times itself.
    — Max Weiss, Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The bear was almost on top of us when, with a deafening roar, the shot from both barrels smacked into that enormous shaggy head.
    — Anton Money, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
  • The dining room can be deafening when its 160 seats are full (which is most of the time, judging by my visits).
    — Phil Vettel, chicagotribune.com, 15 June 2018
  • Once the cameras flip onto him, the volume in the arena reaches a deafening level.
    — Christine Flammia, Esquire, 27 Aug. 2017
  • As the canopy fell to earth out of view, the two pilots were suddenly exposed to high winds, turbulence, and a deafening noise.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 7 Jan. 2019
  • The clashes turned the city’s heart into a dizzying mix of flames, tear gas and deafening shouts from protesters and police alike.
    — Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2019
  • Those calls will only become more deafening unless the Mavs start winning games in bunches.
    — Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The noise again became deafening and Marseille pressed forward in one final attempt to get back into the game.
    — Matias Grez, CNN, 16 May 2018
  • And now that Survivor 50 has already been cast and filmed, that drumbeat is almost deafening.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The immense audience of 8,000 people rose to its feet, and the house rang with deafening cheers.
    — Jeff Suess, Cincinnati.com, 27 Oct. 2017
  • The truest sign of 5G’s resilience may end up being its ability to survive a deafening level of hype.
    — Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 7 May 2019
  • The Iowa Select pig farm gives its visitors headphones, because the squeal of hogs is deafening.
    — Caitlin Dewey, chicagotribune.com, 26 May 2017
  • Yet the complete judicial disaccord on gun rights in the decade since Heller has met with a deafening silence from the justices.
    — Ilya Shapiro, WSJ, 2 Jan. 2019
  • One of the things that’s really hard to watch is the deafening silence by governments around the world when [the activists] were arrested.
    — Karen Turner, Vox, 25 May 2018
  • The stirring of the home supporters by Rowe, however, made the sound of silence more deafening in the final minute.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The sound of the explosion would arrive at the same time, a 105-decibel roar as deafening as a jet making a low pass flyover.
    — National Geographic, 11 June 2016
  • The only sound McNamee heard was the deafening white noise from above, punctuated by snaps and pops and hisses.
    — Sean Flynn, Esquire, 9 Mar. 2017

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