had been deafening
- past perfect progressive of deafen.
Example Sentences
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Ever since he became a lightning rod at the last World Cup, the noise around Reyna had been deafening.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Afterwards, Salonga said the audience response had been "deafening".
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2014
Recalling that he and John Kennedy talked about medicare in almost every state in the 1960 campaign, Johnson said that there had been "deafening applause" every time it was mentioned.
From Time Magazine Archive
The noise of the carriages had been deafening, and now there was not a sound.
From Melchior's Dream and Other Tales by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty
The noise of the carriage had been deafening, and now there was not a sound.
From In the Yule-Log Glow, Book II Christmas Tales from 'Round the World by Morris, Harrison S. (Harrison Smith)
