Example Sentences

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So it took days before an ENT revealed that I was now half-deaf, for no detectable reason.

From Slate • Aug. 25, 2022

It was so loud that Woods recalled being half-deaf from the screaming.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2020

Lacroix, once he recovers, proves to be half-deaf and broken in spirit, suffering from what we would now call PTSD.

From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2019

All you graying, half-deaf Def Leppard fans, listen up.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 9, 2013

I was numb, I was half-deaf, I was sick, shaking, stinging, and smudged with dirt and oil.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns