Example Sentences

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“The explosion has deafened you?” said Dickenson dumbly, for still he could not hear a word.

From The Kopje Garrison A Story of the Boer War by Boucher, W.

If my comrades were living to-night, I would take no pleasure in your crooning in the church; as they are not living now, the rough voice of the bells has deafened me.

From Gods and Fighting Men by Gregory, Lady

Why, he has deafened me with an aunt of his until my head aches.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis