deadening

[ ded-n-ing ]

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noun

Origin of deadening

First recorded in 1775–85; deaden + -ing¹

Its recurring phrase is now the deadening, argument-stifling “As a mom,” cited frequently by Jenny McCarthy and Sherri Shepherd.
Don’t Remember Barbara Walters for ‘The View’ | Tim Teeman | April 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Hired as a mechanic, he would soon find himself behind the wheel, yet “he found oval racing a deadening merry-go-round.”
Must Reads: ‘How to Survive the Titanic,’ ‘The Limit,’ and More | Lucy Scholes, Kevin Canfield, Mythili Rao | December 20, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
Yes, many of those jobs are poorly paid and deadening, agreed and acknowledged.
Economic News We’re Thankful For This Thanksgiving | Zachary Karabell | November 24, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
Never has there been a religion more depressing, more hopeless, more deadening to all initiative.
Where Half The World Is Waking Up | Clarence Poe
And in a few minutes Paul heard his father's heavy steps go thudding over the deadening snow.
Sons and Lovers | David Herbert Lawrence

Missionaries in foreign-mission lands speak much of the peculiar, deadening, moral atmosphere there.
Quiet Talks with World Winners | S. D. Gordon
Nothing is more deadening and more commonplace than this peculiar form of wit, when it becomes a habit or offers itself in a mass.
Literature in the Elementary School | Porter Lander MacClintock
Night and the March moon awake the winter-dormant wilderness from the white man's deadening spell.
The Firing Line | Robert W. Chambers

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