deaden
verb (used with object)
to make less sensitive, active, energetic, or forcible; weaken.
deadens
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present tense formof deaden (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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“I’ve developed life-long friends on Twitter. I think it’s really sad that to get that human connection I’m going to have to deal with harassment again that damages and deadens your humanity.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2022
Lyndall Gordon’s endured a “boredom that deadens the air around my father”.
From Economist ● Apr. 19, 2018
Counting it no doubt palliates if not deadens any reservations.
From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2017
With about 300 pitches per game, this deadens things.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2017
It is hardly consoling to remember such a feeling, and so it deadens in our minds.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
