deaden
verb (used with object)
to make less sensitive, active, energetic, or forcible; weaken.
has deadened
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present perfectof deaden (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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For others, stop-start has deadened the joy of driving.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
The completely irresponsible manner in which we have been gobbled up and dumped at random throughout the Western world has deadened that sense of responsibility to a dull ache .
From Time Magazine Archive
He was welcomed with these wonderful and rapturous words, familiarity with which has deadened our sense of their greatness.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV by Alexander Maclaren
Surely there would be something eerie about a line of books were it not that familiarity has deadened our sense of it.
From Through the Magic Door by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
His thought was, "Can that color-bearer have repeated his blow, or am I struck by a ball, which has deadened the sense of feeling?"
From Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War by Fannie A. Beers
