Sentence example with the word 'deaden'

deaden

abate, benumb, damp, dull, gruel, lighten, numb, rattle, slacken, stop, underplay

Definition v. make vague or obscure or make

Last update: June 28, 2015


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They, therefore, endeavor, and that consistently, to deaden the class struggle and to reconcile the class antagonisms.   [verb]

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It was converted into a rudimentary studio by draping heavy black curtains on the walls to deaden the noise from the passing trains.   [verb]

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It was not enough to be called a fog, or even a mist, but quite enough to deaden the gray light, always flowing along the boundary of sky and sea.   [verb]

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In the parlor I heard a slow arpeggio, and his voice, deadened, and a denial from her.   [verb]

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"Probably the king has ordered a hunt, in order to deaden the pain which he feels at seeing you suffer."   [verb]

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It was absolutely necessary to deaden the blows.   [verb]

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Deaden the gnaw of hunger that way.   [verb]

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They lie, and delude themselves, and one another, with the subtlest forms of deception, simply to obscure, to deaden conscience.   [verb]

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