Sentence example with the word 'deadening'

deadening

abatement, anesthesia, attrition, cushioning, diminishment, enervation, languishment, mitigating, palliation, relief, stunning

Definition adj. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

Last update: September 9, 2015


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Well trained as was the civil service of France, the effect of this supervision in deadening activity was sometimes more marked than in its effect in preventing abuse.   [Please select]

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Anarchism aims to strip labor of its deadening, dulling aspect, of its gloom and compulsion.   [Please select]

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"War," he sighed, "a glorious life, but dirty and deadening."   [Please select]

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The great ships are the ships to do the business, they quite deadening the enemy.   [Please select]

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It had exercised a species of pressure upon his soul, a deadening influence.   [Please select]

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It was paradise surmounted by desolation, drear and deadening.   [Please select]

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It's dreams that do it, Barry; it's dreams that drive us on, that make us see beyond the present and the stupefying, deadening grind of the day.   [Please select]

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Strange to say, there are people who extol this deadening method of centralized production as the proudest achievement of our age.   [Please select]

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