half-deafened
- a word derived from deafen.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
After a five-shot event, he is powder-blackened, tearful and half-deafened.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jeremy was half-deafened, and his whole body was jarred.
From The Black Buccaneer by Meader, Stephen W. (Stephen Warren)
It had stunned the majority of them, in fact, so that now, as they manned the barricade, they were half-stupid, more than half-deafened, and hardly knew what had happened.
From With Joffre at Verdun A Story of the Western Front by Webb, Archibald
They were half-drowned, and half-blinded, and half-deafened, but there is a reward to every effort.
From This Is the End by Benson, Stella
