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Deadened in spirit, as a leper is benumbed in body, a famed architect takes himself off to a leper colony, closely followed by a venal journalist intent upon according him canonization-by-newsprint.

From Time Magazine Archive

Deadened by the sound of it all, he could not dissociate from the volume that particular note, which would be his note, and live oblivious to the rest….

From Together by Herrick, Robert

Deadened by the thickness of the walls, the music was strangely sweet.

From The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt by Sumichrast, Frederick C. de (Frederick Caesar de)

Deadened she was: she had not responded to a compliment on her approaching marriage.

From The Egoist by Meredith, George

Deadened by the closed door, the measured accents of the professor sounded as a featureless muttering.

From The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)