deaden
verb (used with object)
to make less sensitive, active, energetic, or forcible; weaken.
are deadening
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present progressiveof deaden.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Accordionists are deadening too, though they do not wear earplugs or play deep in the woods.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some books are vacant, some are deadening, some are pestilential.
From Child Versus Parent Some Chapters on the Irrepressible Conflict in the Home by Stephen Wise
