Example Sentences

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The cold had deadened his limbs to sticks of bone and flesh, working without feeling to keep his head above the surface.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

His senses, which he had deadened during his ardent Samana years, were again awakened.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse

“Well, Maine, how’s the head?” said the vicar, making the young man start, for the grass had deadened his tread.

From The Parson O' Dumford by Fenn, George Manville

The snow that had fallen had deadened the sound of the hoofs on the road, and, looking round, he saw Mr. Faulkner riding fast, at a distance of but fifty yards away.

From Through Russian Snows A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

The repeated shocks, the dreadful experiences and encounters, the indelible impressions of desolation and grief and suffering had deadened in Lorraine all sense of personal suffering or grief.

From Lorraine A romance by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)