deafen
verb (used with object)
to make deaf.
are deafening
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present progressiveof deafen.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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Martinez and Herrera have resigned, and the calls are deafening for De León and Cedillo to do the same.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2022
Jackson tells us so much, but it’s the omissions that are deafening.
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2019
Of course, Graham’s race will last 500 miles and will hopefully include 2,000 left turns, and Courtney’s races are deafening, 1,000-foot-long nitromethane-fueled bursts on a straightaway.
From New York Times ● May 27, 2016
Scientists have long known that man-made, underwater noises — from engines, sonars, weapons testing, and such industrial tools as air guns used in oil and gas exploration — are deafening whales and other sea mammals.
From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2012
He began it again in a higher key, then again shrilly, and then old Jean Michel said irritably: "Be quiet; you are deafening me with your trumpet-call!"
From Jean-Christophe, Volume I by Gilbert Cannan
