| 单词 | deadened |
| 例句 | The sherry had sharpened his anxiety rather than deadened it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z That would have been much better than what they were now, deadened to themselves and to the world around them. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Milo asked in a voice deadened with awe. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He turns back to Signora Divino and says something in Italian and then he stamps his foot and goes upstairs and returns with the hat of Signora Divino’s deadened husband. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z I sat on the bank, took off socks and boots, and dipped my feet in water so cold it burned until the freezing went deep and deadened feeling. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He cursed his deadened arm and lack of weapon. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The windows now had the closed blankness of night, a deadened look about them, a look of being blind or deaf. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The dentist showed me the medicine and the needle before he deadened my gums, but if he hadn’t I wouldn’t have worried. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Hunger can heighten perception, but not when combined with extreme fatigue; I suppose all my senses were very much deadened. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Sirius looked at him, eyes full of concern, eyes that had not yet lost the look that Azkaban had given them — that deadened, haunted look. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Even in my deadened, drugged condition, this sends a stab of pain through me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The youngest boy wears the weathered hat of Signora Divino’s deadened husband. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z Ron stuffed the Sneakoscope into a particularly horrible pair of Uncle Vernon’s old socks, which deadened the sound, then closed the lid of the trunk on it. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The vault deadened most of the cries and pounding but not all. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Their boots were deadened of all sound in the thick green grass. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z We are deadened by the strain—a deadly tension that scrapes along one’s spine like a gapped knife. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Other people slowly joined the group, and there were many hollow cheeks and deadened eyes. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z His deadened face came to life in a scowl when he saw me. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The snow deadened his careful footsteps, over the smaller rocks, over the low thicket of leafless bushes. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Nearly colorless hair hung in deadened strings over her shadowy, gaunt face. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The airtight fittings, the iron walls, and the mineral-wool insulation deadened most of the sound, but he had found with experience that if he listened at the gas pipe, he heard everything much more clearly. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I certainly think it's made me a more appreciative one, especially coming out of winter — a season where my senses inevitably feel a little deadened after marching through a procession of gray, sunless days. How a quest to sharpen my sense of smell made me a more grateful cook 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z This is the production’s sense of our world: deadened masculinity. In Europe, Opera Takes On Our Time 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z He described how, as the tide of propaganda rose during the First World War, saturating newspapers, magazines, and radio, the sensibilities of readers became deadened. When It’s Too Late to Stop Fascism, According to Stefan Zweig 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z The sound of the city completely transforms: it's deadened and silenced by this huge blanket. Dinner, dusk and dancing Russians: my best winter shot 2012-12-16T17:59:01Z And he does have a style, as well as skill, though the virtues of his choreography are masked by the put-on attitude and deadened by his dogged sense of structure. Two Ways of Looking at Cuba’s Modern Dance Problem 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z There’s an awareness of the privilege baked into this ambivalence, as well as in the deadened, overprescribed city they occupy. Review | In Lynn Steger Strong’s ‘Want,’ a woman collapses under the obligations of modern life 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Like a crude, animated version of the movie “Office Space,” Don’t Get Fired! captures the deadened hamster-wheel ambience of office life. A Smartphone Game That Captures the Futility of “Work-Life Balance” 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z The bio-pic of an artist is a severe test for a filmmaker, because the subject will be reduced and deadened by anything less than great inspiration. Kind of Clichéd: How the Miles Davis Movie Could Have Been Better 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z These young people—and they are young, seemingly around age twenty—are living a slow drip of death, with their judgment deadened alongside their sense of self. Heroin, Too Close 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Abusive men damaged these trees and deadened their branches, but matriarchs are the root of these stories. Review | In Gabriela Garcia’s ‘Of Women and Salt,’ five generations of mothers and daughters fight to stay afloat 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Herheim has several tricks up his sleeve to “revive” or “rewrite” operas, as he puts it, for eyes and ears deadened by modern life. Stefan Herheim’s Glittering Collisions Have Changed Opera 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z The bitterness and deadened humanity that Tom exhibits when he returns to Iraq after acquiring an artificial hand is another. | 'Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo': Ghostly Beast Burning Bright in Iraq 2011-04-01T02:01:01Z Apparently deadened by the constant barrage of outrages and scandals surrounding him, Congress and many Americans don’t seem to care about any of it. Perspective | Trump joking with Putin over eliminating journalists is a betrayal of America. So is ignoring it. 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z The seemingly deadened Devereaux endures those indignities with a stolid despair, reacting vigorously only when he’s denied his one phone call. Starring Depardieu as D.S.K. 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z First, she felt a deadened calm like a “still dark ocean,” and then panic that “would arrive like a fish,” leaping out of the water again and again. Review | Stanford assault victim Chanel Miller’s new book indicts her attacker — and the system 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z His objection to realism was never an objection to realism so much as an objection to deadened use of the words “realism” and “experimentalism.” Ben Marcus: Jonathan Franzen’s cultural commentary is really embarrassing 2014-02-10T01:00:00Z It seemed to me then that this was the deadened path of American adulthood, and what I felt, with great indignation, was expected of me. “Ignore the inner demon that tells you you’ll never be as good as Zadie Smith” 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z But in “The Night Stages” it arrives late, and Ms. Urquhart’s unremitting dolefulness has already deadened our nerve endings to the heartache she wants to conjure. Review: Jane Urquhart’s ‘The Night Stages,’ a Novel of Melancholy and Missed Chances 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z His vision of the city is an incremental epic, with a grand collective existence gaining its splendor from its variety—and being reduced to a flat, terrified, and deadened monotony. Which Movies to See in January 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z The tone of the dialogue—delivered in something akin to Mamet-speak—is static, a feeling of deadened sensation compounded by the stale office atmosphere. Margin Call: A Financial Crisis Film Collides With The Zeitgeist 2011-10-20T20:18:09Z Years earlier, something terrible happened to Lee, and it’s deadened him at the center. Review: Casey Affleck Is the Anchor and Soul of Manchester by the Sea 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z Novels about mass shootings often incorporate black humor, the dispersal of meaning through repetition, and a flat or deadened tone. How Climate-Change Fiction, or “Cli-Fi,” Forces Us to Confront the Incipient Death of the Planet 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Macbeth's challenging character trajectory, moving from a decorated war hero to a spiritually deadened killing machine, would have been frowned upon by Aristotle, who had fixed views on this sort of thing. 'Macbeth' succeeds in avoiding its onstage curse when it's on-screen 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Will our nerve endings have been deadened or hyper-sensitised by abstinence? The power of touch: what will it be like when we can all connect again? 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z Chapel Square was a boxy fortress that faced inward and deadened the adjoining city streets. The Man Who Rebuilt New Haven, Boston and Beyond 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z In such a deadened room, a body bursts with life, spilling it out through every sense. How Much Silence Is Too Much? I Found Out 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z This struggling single mother confronted head-on a lack of opportunities that should have deadened all hope, but instead fueled her determination to thrive and to prosper. Motherlode: Parenting in a Prison Colony 2011-04-08T16:53:27Z Affleck, working almost exclusively with a gray palette of anguished reticence, conveys through deadened eyes and somber mien the intolerable burden of being Lee. Casey versus Denzel: Oscar's lead actor race is a dramatic study in contrasts 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z “I knew that Kendall was going to be in a submissive, deadened, subjugated place, inwardly collapsed and sort of frozen,” he says. 'They're damaged': Succession’s Jeremy Strong on sibling hell – and that cringey rap 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z It’s pleasant to type on, thanks to each key’s even and clear sound signature, lacking ping or hollowness — though some may find it overly deadened. A glimpse at the premium arthouse tech of Angry Miao 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Some in baseball believe the ball has somehow been deadened, muting scoring and offensive statistics across the league. Facing scrutiny, Rob Manfred and MLB seek consistency on baseballs 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z The league’s hope was that a deadened ball would cut down on home runs and increase action in the field of play. 'Hitters are not getting rewarded.' How the Dodgers are dealing with deadened baseballs 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z More than a decade later, in August 2005, 100 homes were destroyed in the Blue Mountains when a Columbia Rural Electric Association line sparked against a deadened tree and burned 52,000 acres. When utilities spark wildfires in Washington, they can ‘burn down your house and get away with it’ 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z She convinced him, he said, that to get over the tension that deadened his legs before races, he had to build a relationship with the father who vanished in his infancy. A Surprise Sports Hero Broadens Italy’s Image of Itself 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Perhaps it’s the Rawlings baseballs, which were slightly deadened this year in a change MLB said an independent lab found would cause balls to fly 1 to 2 feet shorter when hit over 375 feet. Season of the Slump: Baseball keeps swinging and missing 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z Drugs deadened the pain of the past, made it easier to cope with the present, and helped make more tolerable the absence of hope for a better future. Column: Homeless and addicted, they hit bottom. Now they're on the verge of breaking free 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z NOTES: Yankees hitting coach Marcus Thames said the new MLB balls that are supposed to slightly deadened were used for part of batting practice Friday and that he did not see a difference. LeMahieu, Yankees looking forward to fans in stands again 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z And other noises were, if not completely masked, deadened to the point where they weren’t much of a disturbance. Bose Sleepbuds II review: get your eight hours 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Think of what that says about our society, particularly now, as we grapple with how to calm a world so prone to violence, so deadened to suffering, so on edge. Hockey Needs Viewers. It Should Not Glorify Pain and Violence to Get Them. 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z In the short term, however, the experience of re-engaging with the city felt as uncomfortable as blood returning to a deadened limb. As lockdown slowly lifts in New York, the new normal is profoundly unsettling 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z It seems that people can transmit the virus without symptoms, that virus particles can spread through a lingering, mistlike aerosol, and that a deadened sense of taste is a surprisingly reliable indicator of infection. So How Deadly Is COVID-19? 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z “These substances stimulated endurance, deadened nerves, increased oxygen intake and reduced inflammation,” William F. Sweeney Jr., assistant director in charge of the FBI’s New York field office, said Monday at a news conference. Feds charge horse racing trainers, veterinarians over ‘widespread, corrupt’ doping scheme 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Rachel Maddow bravely tries to make us chuckle, but the earlier time slots have already deadened our pleasure centers. Op-Ed: Have you heard this one? Los Angeles can't take a joke 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Included, he contends, was a custom-made medical device that stabilized his walking and reduced pain due to disc damage from multiple accidents that deadened his left foot. When Seattle stores belongings taken during homeless cleanups, few get them back 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z “We cannot remain insensitive, our hearts deadened, before the misery of so many innocent people. We must not fail to weep. We must not fail to respond.” Pope decries world’s indifference to migrants and refugees 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z Harvey’s performance also deadened the impact Mike Trout made. Angels become early cellar dwellers of AL West after loss to Rangers 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z “I welcomed old habits like a long lost friend, to spite you,” she said in a hoarse, deadened voice, on “Destinations,” whose menacing low throb built to a paranoid hum, like an approaching killer-bee attack. Gesaffelstein’s Dance Music Punctures the Coachella Bubble 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z The practice has deadened journalism in Russia, Turkey, Venezuela and elsewhere. Opinion | Did Trump intervene in the AT&T merger to destroy his enemies? Congress must investigate. 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Colvin deadened her fear with alcohol, and her addiction deepened with every war zone, every lover. Review | Why one correspondent gave all — including her life — to report the horrors of war 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Trump had deadened the atmosphere like a standing chill. Washington mourns George HW Bush as Trump gives cold shoulder to Clintons 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z But amid this dizzying, exhilarating rush, they lost two fumbles that deadened the momentum. USC AD Lynn Swann has a big call to make on coach Clay Helton 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z The image of the mother holding her emaciated toddler will haunt me forever -- that deadened look of agony in her eyes as she watches her child waste away. How the War in Yemen Became a Bloody Stalemate — and the Worst Humanitarian Crisis in the World 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Even in a political ecosystem that is largely deadened to Trump’s deceptions and distortions, the “rogue killers” line provoked outrage. Donald Trump, Jamal Khashoggi, and the Post-Truth World 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z But if it's painful on the wallet at least his deadened nerve endings mean he won't suffer under the needle, he jokes. Inspired by Princess Eugenie: We're proud of our scars too 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z By the time he was 18, the blond, blue-eyed, flat-topped dude could turn a steady, vaulting painted line into a razor-sharp, whiplash interlace that would briskly animate the deadened surface of an otherwise soulless machine. Critic's Notebook: Why is the Petersen Museum ignoring Von Dutch’s racist past? - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z Johnson said teachers and principals are working harder than ever, but their efforts are deadened by “the system that they’re confined in.” Annual North Carolina schools report shows limited progress 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z The angle of Holtby’s stick again played a key role: The puck deadened and landed in front of Holtby, where he smothered it without giving the Knights another crack. What made Braden Holtby’s save so good? Let Olie Kolzig explain. 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z But their anger is subdued, deadened by an understanding that this is simply how British officials routinely treat people in their situation. 'I feel disgusted': how Windrush scandal shattered two brothers' lives 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z For months, when I walked down the fairway, my left arm would feel deadened, hanging at my side like an inert slab of meat in a butcher's shop window. My Last Round - Golf Digest 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z I read a bit more slowly than I did and frequently get a pinched, deadened sensation behind my eyes. Opinion | Am I Going Blind? 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z She raises her voice to be to be heard above the constant thwack-thwack- thwack of mallet and chisel, the whirring of bone cutters, the deadened zip of hacksaws flying through skull. A Meditation on the Anatomy Lab 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z And it’s the same with this new breed of rapper: their deadened flow and sad, anxious production replicates the anti-high of Xanax in sound. The death of Lil Peep: how the US's prescription drug epidemic is changing hip-hop 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z Barring a sudden, secret infusion of deadened baseballs, we are all but certain to see a record-setting number of homers this season. Analysis | Need a baseball refresher? These nine second-half story lines are what to watch 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z As evidenced by the prime minister’s travails, an entire way of doing politics – deadened, arrogant and often absurd – is dying in front of our eyes. Corbyn shows there’s a new way of doing politics. Straight talking is back | John Harris 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z I think watching your movie deadened my senses. Why does director Mel Gibson see 'Hacksaw Ridge' as a love story? 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z The nuances of his being are falling away beneath indifferent, deadened steel. A Meditation on the Anatomy Lab 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z But there is a lingering fear among Democrats that the barbs are not sticking; that months of shocking behaviour from Trump has left some voters deadened by his actions and immune to more allegations. 'Don’t get distracted, don’t get diverted': Hillary Clinton pulls out all the stops in Florida 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z As the story noted, textbooks used in American schools at the time portrayed indigenous people as mentally “deadened” and treated the coming of the Pilgrims as a purely positive step for everyone involved. New Song Features Icon of 1970s American Indian Activism 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z He sits in complete silence, staring ahead with deadened eyes. Viewpoint: Is bloodied Syrian boy Omran Daqneesh just another image? - BBC News 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z She related this history, including other twists and complications, with the deadened eyes and subdued, flat voice of a severe-trauma victim. Escape to New York 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z “He completely deadened it. I had a longer run than you’d want to get to the ball. If he hits it any harder, most likely make that play. Kudos to him.” Mariners blow 6-run lead, lose 7-6 to Cubs in 12 innings 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z And our conversation was held with a normal speaking voice since we didn’t have to compete with “background” music and the room’s acoustics deadened the talk from other diners. Four Seasons, Lunch Spot for Manhattan’s Prime Movers, Moves On 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z It does not seem as though the culture has lost the ability to distinguish fiction from tragic reality — the impact on the senses seems to have been deadened. The video of Alton Sterling’s son is the video you should watch 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z There, the thunder of the surface war was deadened. The 18 sewer men who changed the war - BBC News 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z There is a vast gulf between the weaponized entertainment you get inside these headsets and the deadened, inhuman body you see from from the outside. The Avegant Glyph projects images directly on to your eyes 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z It's a shame the joyous child approaching the world with endless excitement will eventually become the deadened clone, but the ending suggests the future might be malleable, and at the very least is unpredictable. Live-action misery, animated joy: 2016's Oscar-nominated shorts 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z He's deadened, certainly, but not immune to the horror of what he's doing, or insensitive about the suffering around him. Son of Saul is a brilliantly original vision of the Holocaust 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z The other men, who have been here longer, have a more deadened expression in their eyes. The horror of the Calais refugee camp: ‘We feel like we are dying slowly’ 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z Chavala said that is an option through a small cut after the area around the eye is deadened with a painkiller. Romo’s quirky eye issue pops up again, but concern doesn’t 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Their footsteps were deadened by carpet, but their spurs jangled. The Ride of Their Lives 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z He appeared for sentencing in March 2014 looking deadened and unshaven. The Pigeon King and the Ponzi Scheme That Shook Canada 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z The ache deadened over time — only to resurface when friends such as Warner and Timothy M. Kaine became governor. Whether keeping mum or dancing, Catania and Schwartz cope with losing, like many In a deadened voice, he would say, “Bring your hands down.” Theo Padnos, American Journalist, on Being Kidnapped, Tortured and Released in Syria 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z The reappearance of the Nationals — the ones who rampaged through the second half of the regular season — rolled into gear at the moment Madison Bumgarner’s slider deadened against Ramos’s bat. Doug Fister pitches seven scoreless innings as Nationals rally to beat Giants in NLDS Game 3 As is usually the case with such texts, most of it was couched in terms of deadened officialspeak. The left must answer the English Question – before the Tories do 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Whatever the reason, Ahamed brings life to an institution that is too often deadened with jargon. Behind the jargon at the IMF 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z Back then, fake wood paneling deadened the walls. Last Ball Rumbles Down a Village Bowling Alley 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z In an era of deadened metal bats and a new pitcher-friendly stadium in Omaha, that combination has won before. 'Small ball' has big payoff for UC Irvine baseball and Mike Gillespie 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z We must never allow our nerves to become deadened to the steady abuse of rights that is taking place. Op-Ed Contributor: Venezuela’s Failing State 2014-03-25T11:50:26Z The day after a journeyman deadened their bats, the Nationals thrashed the New York Mets’ prized pitching prospect. Nationals vs. Mets: Gio Gonzalez shines, offense erupts in 13-2 rout 2013-06-30T20:47:00Z The ball bounced high but deadened in the grass. Mets 4, Braves 3, First Game: Mets Flirt With a No-Hitter, Then With a Loss 2013-06-18T21:24:11Z But it also reflects reality: land lines are being replaced by cellphones that canvassers cannot reach, and those landlines that remain are so overwhelmed that owners have become deadened to appeals. In Ohio, 2 Campaigns Offer a Study in Contrasts 2012-11-04T20:47:20Z Perhaps some of the other deadened desires will also revive. Living With Cancer: Chemo on the Rocks 2012-10-18T21:19:14Z When I willed myself to the net, Primm could answer with a deep lob, which could not be run down on the deadened surface. Building a Grand Slam Experience: Four Tennis Surfaces in New York City 2012-08-26T22:07:51Z And he skipped early speed training, feeling that interval work deadened his legs. Faith Is Central to Marathoner Ryan Hall’s Approach 2012-07-14T19:38:31Z This is just what many of us today believe about New York in the ’70s: that the city was more vibrant then, not yet deadened by a sense of suburban safety and toxic materialism. City Room: Big City Book Club: Discussing 'Time and Again' by Jack Finney 2012-05-16T20:57:47Z A person deadened to sensory impressions and given up solely to the pursuit of his own thoughts, may also light on an idea that will divert his mental activity into totally new channels. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z Some other and more powerful means must be taken to quicken the conscience of a nation deadened by ages of false religion—a religion utterly fatal to spiritual life. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Is it any wonder that these children grow up with diseased minds and deadened souls? Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z "I must e'en think so," answered De Vaux, in whom corporal weakness and exhaustion had deadened the first sense of misfortune. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z Perceiving at length, that his firing deadened the wind, and hence his headway, the enemy ceased it at 11 o'clock, and soon again began to overhaul the chase. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z And De Maintenon, carefully coached by Ninon, the queen of heart students, managed to awaken in the deadened royal brain a flicker of admiration that slowly warmed into love. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z The flames crackled below, and a thick reek of smoke swept up past the coping, but the noise alike of fire and riot was deadened here. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z Lord Audley was within three or four paces of them--the carpet of yew leaves had deadened his footsteps. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z The noise of their footsteps in the balcony was soon deadened by the cries for aid from those who were hemmed in by the struggling mass. Chicago's Awful Theater Horror 2012-03-28T02:00:25.877Z Philosophy must be pursued by pure and unmingled reason and with deadened senses; for the body disturbs the mind, so that it cannot follow after wisdom. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z They wrestled and swayed, writhing this way and that, but fortunately the soft moss and turf under them deadened the sound of their struggles. Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator 2012-03-27T02:00:19.467Z A bitter experience of life never deadened his faith in man nor dulled his heroic gayety. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z A rattling fire succeeded, deadened among the woods, but growing louder and nearer, till none could doubt that their comrades had met the French, and were defeated.94 This was indeed the case. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z Made torpid; numbed; stupefied; deadened; as, a benumbed body and mind. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Many streets were so thickly covered with it that it deadened the sound of traffic. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z With runners on first and second in the fifth inning, Tigers outfielder Don Kelly deadened a perfect sacrifice bunt toward third base. Ryan Zimmerman?s jaw-dropping throw 2012-03-16T12:00:00Z Or it may be that he had still some scrap of conscience left, that, seared and deadened as it was, stirred and started at this strange upheaval of an old crime. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z Think not that the love is lost p. 10or deadened, for these sweet hymns in which so many amongst you have so often rejoiced to join with the departed. The Blessed Hope A Sermon on the death of Mrs. Francis Cunningham 2012-03-14T02:00:24.497Z Having the sensibilities deadened by excess or frequency of enjoyment; sated or surfeited with pleasure; used u? Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The grass deadened his footsteps, and not till he reached the grave did there rise up from the ground a tall, ghostly figure dressed all in undyed gray wool of her own weaving. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z The blackness of the night and the roaring of the wind and rain blotted out all our surroundings and deadened all sound save their own. Mr. Marx's Secret 2012-03-02T03:00:10.327Z In the silence outside—a silence caused by the fog which deadened all sound—their words could be overheard. Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian 2012-02-28T03:00:27.310Z The soughing of the wind through the tops of the pines and the larches and the firs deadened any little scratching sound their snow-shoes may have made as they moved onward. Phil Bradley's Snow-shoe Trail The Mountain Boys in the Canada Wilds 2012-02-27T03:00:13.497Z In the hush that followed, the door of the golden gallery swung idly back and forth with a deadened, muffled beat like the noise of great wings flapping. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The fragrance of its leaf has deadened the microbe in more than one diseased brain, the clouds from an old pipe have hidden the reality from more than one sorrowful eye. Vagaries 2012-02-17T03:00:27.693Z True, the pang was soon deadened, for habit is strong. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z When the incessant roll of drums and rattle of musketry deadened almost every other sound. The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years 2012-02-15T03:00:30.577Z Some of those jurymen were threatened by suborned fellow-jurors--their tottering consciences deadened for awhile by drink; but they have woke to remorse in time. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z "I am no angler," said Mr. Butler, in his deadened voice. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The deadened couple compensates for lack of love with wild dreams and a Kia car purchase. Discovering The Secrets of Long-Term Love 2012-02-14T16:15:00.247Z Her own voice seemed strange, deadened by a singing in the ears. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z The fang of the serpent is not deadened by age, and the rancour in the human heart seldom diminishes, with years. The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z Within, there is entire privacy for the tenant; the partitions are deadened, so that sound is not transmitted from one apartment to another. A Ten Year War An Account of The Battle with The Slum in New York 2012-02-11T03:03:42.997Z Jimmy is more than a figure of post-war British anomie, deadened by the past and frozen by a future that promises little more than Mutually Assured Destruction. Trash-Strewn ‘Anger’ Revisits Dismal ’50s U.K.: Jeremy Gerard 2012-02-03T08:18:41Z The blow had been so heavy and unexpected that it had deadened her sensibility, and kindly nature had her way. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z But the voice in an instant deadened with anxiety. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z The noise of the bustling city was deadened by the tall white walls, over which there shone a square of cloudless blue, and the scent of flowers was heavy in the shadowy space below. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z The snow deadened the sound of our feet, and we were well-nigh through the village when Larke tripped over a hillock and stumbled forward on his face with a curse. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z The snow, too, deadened the sound of my horse's hoofs. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z At a point where the narrow trail doubled sharply around the shoulder of a hill-top and where the soft earth deadened the hoofbeats of his horse, he came unexpectedly on a walking figure. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z As a matter of fact, Michael had heard the sound of a piano, deadened by the thick walls. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z Before the befuddled O'Byrn had gathered his deadened wits sufficiently to decide that his would-be friends had mistaken his intended destination, the trio halted before a door which opened without any preliminary formality of knocking. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z I doubt if the sense of the probable, or, more precisely, of the available in the improbable, ever became equally weakened or deadened in a man who made his living by its exercise. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z And as she hastened over the soft turf which deadened her footsteps, Rousille had the horrible dread that her father was mad. Autumn Glory The Toilers of the Field 2011-12-11T03:00:11.417Z His impulse is to be chivalrous, for chivalry is not regulated by income nor deadened by pennilessness. The Leaven in a Great City 2011-12-05T03:00:48.150Z Clear of trees, thickly covered with grass, it offered a carpet which deadened all footsteps. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z There was an instinctive attempt to gather his deadened forces. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z As the remembrance of this misfortune became deadened, the people seemed to repent of the spontaneous impulse of tenderness and recalled once more the catastrophe of old Barret and the arrival of the intruders. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z As he did so the door slid open, the storm bellowed as a man stepped through, and was deadened again as he forced the door to behind him. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z The sound of his horse’s hoofs was deadened by the noisy chaff round the fire. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z After a period of time which I was too much deadened by misery to compute, Flurry appeared, and told me that he was going home. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z All their horrors of nautical architecture were deadened by merciful shadow. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Each day he wore out his energy in indulgence, and deadened and degraded even his ambition. The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville 2011-11-02T02:00:13.477Z He put out his hand to hers again and sat now a little turned away from her, speaking on in his deadened, bitter voice. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z The serpent’s jaws closed; its eyes became deadened; far through the grove its length was stretched out. The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 2011-10-31T02:00:27.780Z Val and Emmie accepted the proffered places on the front seat with an excitement not to be conveyed to those souls deadened by the luxury of "keeping a carriage" all their lives. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z Distance and the howling of the elements had completely deadened the reports. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z But religion has crowned the practice with the weight of national sanction, and thus deadened the finer sensibilities of our nature. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z In high lights it hued to dull silver-gray, in the shadows it deadened to utter black. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z But he was also relieved, and his conscience deadened as quickly as it had come to life again. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z The storm continued throughout the day, but the sound of its fury was gradually deadened by the uproar of the drunken men in and about the Grand Union Hotel. Lost in the Ca?on 2011-09-19T02:00:14.387Z Somehow, after a few stealthy glances, his curiosity, which thus far had been deadened by fatigue, hunger, and ill-humor, was awakened. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z They were a little surprised that the man never appeared to see or hear them as they approached, but imagined that the snow had deadened the sound of their footsteps. The Strange Story Book 2011-09-15T02:00:13.747Z Whilst thus employed, the deadened sound of a shot boomed across the bay. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z I've spurned the earth to roam the Universe, And with the Eternal deadened Time's control, For refuge from the shadow of a curse, Or lust of curious lore—than maddest motive worse. Vacation Verse 2011-09-11T02:00:09.897Z This so deadened the sound that his father could not hear it. Stories of Great Musicians 2011-09-10T02:00:28.157Z But at the first moment he felt neither rage, anger, nor despair; bodily pain had deadened all other feelings, and left but one wish,—the wish to save himself quickly. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z It was near enough still; but the shutting of the window deadened the sound. My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z It was somewhat deadened last September, I allow, when you had the marsh ague, and the doctor fed you for a week on gruel—but it hath waxed lately as bright as ever. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z The deadened walls admitted hardly a suggestion of the traffic outside. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z There was really nothing palatial in the room, though it was bright and cheerful, with a red carpet that deadened all footfalls. Brenda's Bargain A Story for Girls 2011-09-09T02:01:09.477Z The window was of triple glass that would have deadened an explosion on its sill, and the walls were thickly wadded behind an inner paneling of aromatic pine. The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z "Why clear it now?" he persisted in his deadened voice. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z The voice is pleasantly sonorous, although affliction has somewhat deadened its lower notes. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z "Has hatred so deadened your conscience that you really sent a murderer to the prince?" The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z The carpeted floors deadened the sound of footsteps so effectually, that he had come in without being heard. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z The rain and the mist deadened the sound somewhat, just as they confused the perspective. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z There was the unaccustomed stillness of a large, well-appointed house, where the walls were deadened to sound, and the floors had thick-piled rugs upon them, and the servants walked with soft-shod feet. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z Day was dim;—in dreams We see nor sun, nor moon; unearthly gleams Of deadened light fall strangely from the sky.— Songs of Womanhood 2011-08-21T02:00:31.203Z The shouts of the Tartars deadened the cries for assistance and the screams of terror coming from the breasts of the women. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z The knights went silently indeed, but the water spattered under their feet; happily rain began to fall again, and the patter deadened the noise of their steps. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z The cataract in its varied aspects is considered with a thought for those who Sin, and with wine-cup deadened, scoff at the dread of hereafter,— And, because all seems lost, besiege Death's door-way with gladness. Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier 2011-08-06T02:00:04.917Z The footstep is deadened by the dull coloured lead, oxidised from exposure. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The thump-thump of a horse’s hoofs cantering on the sward by the roadside, though deadened by the turf, are reproduced or sharpened. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z As she stood before him, her glowing, face drooping over her heaving bosom, he lost what little self-possession he had, and his conscience was deadened by the rushing of blood in his ears. Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z But this feeling was deadened directly news arrived of the horrors that had taken place in Magdala on the very day before the arrival of the British. George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life 2011-07-31T02:00:08.463Z The diversion of his thoughts from his own misery did him good: the ceaseless work deadened the painful suspense in which he was awaiting the decision from Vienna. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z Was this down-trodden, deadened spirit still held to life then by some invisible thread? The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] 2011-07-25T02:00:17.960Z The man who goes there must leave his affections, his feelings, and his sensibilities behind him—for in gaol all are blighted, deadened, and destroyed. The History Of The Last Trial By Jury For Atheism In England A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy 2011-07-22T02:00:15.747Z I receive his manifestations with sharpened, you with artificially deadened, senses. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z But nothing could have answered worse than they did for this purpose, the enemy's shot going quite through them, without being at all deadened almost by the resistance they offered. Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade 2011-07-21T02:00:19.027Z But when I had crossed a large field of deadened timber I was completely lost. Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. 2011-07-19T02:00:19.070Z Ten years cannot pass over a woman without— Before he knew it the door was open, and she was advancing quietly towards him across the thick carpet that deadened sound. The Best Psychic Stories 2011-07-13T02:00:21.943Z The tan that had been scattered on the avenue still deadened the sound of wheels. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z All had their backs towards them, and were talking with animation, unaware of the approach of strangers, for the sound of the horses’ hoofs was deadened by the soft turf. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z The moss deadened the sound of the stones, for the meadow is very level; at a distance the road is visible, and on it crows, which I took for eagles. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z The life he had lived had entirely deadened all lofty thought. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z The whir of the propeller and the rush of air deadened all other sounds. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z The cry sounded in the ear deadened by the death-stupor as a faint and far-off call. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z No sound had echoed her low laughter save the deadened pulsations of his own heart. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z On the fourth day, Jess, one of the painted women of the place, leaned over him so closely that the heavy musk of her perfume deadened his senses. The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel Based on the Famous Poem of Robert Service 2011-05-28T02:00:24.557Z But the splash of the waterfall, and the rush of the night wind deadened the sounds to his ear, and drowned his own reply. Spinning-Wheel Stories 2011-05-28T02:00:23.707Z Noiselessly, for the soft ground effectually deadened the sound of their footsteps, the daring explorers advanced. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z And the young man drew a foaming pint, while a burst of revelry came through the inner doors, but slightly deadened by its passage through the open air. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z But in Maeterlinck's optimistic anthropology no human being is spiritually so deadened as to be forever out of all communication with the things that are divine and infinite. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z Whether consternation deadened his physical suffering, or his ankle, from the rest it had had, was really less painful, Mr. Chattaway contrived to get pretty comfortably to the scene of action. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z It had also deadened her feeling of acute, unreasoning anger with Godfrey. Love and hatred 2011-05-13T02:00:08.103Z The noise of the engines, audible throughout the length and breadth of the ship, and the tramp of feet on deck, deadened the slight sound of his movements. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z The railway was not one of them, for it took away trade from the town, and deadened the market. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z The dust was clogged with moisture and deadened the sound, while the Sin Verguenza were not shod after the fashion of British infantry. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z All converse to the sad Is as the pressure of the felon's fetter, Pricking the deadened sense to active pain. Joan of Arc A Play in Five Acts 2011-04-14T02:00:57.593Z As the senses are deadened, the powers of the interior consciousness are quickened, and a new world rises above the horizon of the corporeal senses. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z Excited as she already was by passion, almost to frenzy, the very narcotics which should have deadened the brain’s action, turned to stimulants, and served only to add new fury to its purpose. Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z The whispering had risen to a sibilant hiss that deadened even the bell's loud clangor when little Jabez Gawne himself felt a call to rise and go out after the others. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z The grass seemed deadened—the ground ploughed into furrows in many places; while scattered over all, like giants’ pepper, in numberless quantity, were the shrapnell balls. My Cave Life in Vicksburg With Letters of Trial and Travel 2011-03-30T02:00:13.113Z The light carpet of snow would not have deadened the newcomer’s approach to David’s ears, were it not that he was so absorbed in the words, the looks, the merest gestures of his companion. The Late Tenant 2011-03-28T02:00:25.153Z There was no mercy in him at that moment; the recalling of his father's death steeled his heart, deadened his conscience, made him cruel, hard, almost murderous. Fast as the Wind A Novel 2011-03-22T02:00:19.407Z The magnetism then absorbed which deadened their own consciousness, limits their search for knowledge to just those spheres of action where they find similar kinds and classes of chemicals operative. Professor Huskins 2011-03-13T03:00:20.620Z From beneath the windows comes the noise of rolling wheels, deadened by the snow, and there is now and then a faint crackle from the logs in the chimney, now falling into embers. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z Its arms, complaining arms, in the dawn's pink Rose, rose and fell; and in this o'ercast eve, And deadened nature's silence, still they heave Themselves aloft, and weary till they sink. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z At first I could hear the thud of his feet quite plainly and then the sound was suddenly deadened and I knew he was on the moist turf by the roadside. The Girl at Central 2011-03-08T03:00:37.413Z The gleaming phosphorescent wavelets of that calm sea fell in broken fire from the vessel's side, while the hissing, splashing sound deadened the recurring shrieks of the doomed sufferers, and soothed my excited nerves. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z The rattling of her beads sounded at intervals, before sleep deadened the enmity of her mind. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z The sound of his footsteps, deadened by the nature of the soil, quickly died away. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z Their matter is given to them, and with it a certain standard of form, so that their natural strength and richness of phrase are controlled without being deadened. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z All was still; the thick walls and the closed doors deadened every sound. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) 2011-02-16T03:00:37.273Z Meanwhile, Frau Gersdorf maintained her guard with unwearied, devotion,--a devotion all the more disinterested since the stout oaken door effectually deadened the voices of the pair she had left. The Alpine Fay A Romance 2011-02-11T03:00:27.700Z These sounds were deadened by the walls of rock, and Onawa did not hear them. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z Routine oppressed and deadened life, prisoning it within a network of rigid, fixed ideas, and behind barriers of concentrated effort which turned the fluid stagnant—hard. The Promise of Air 2011-02-02T03:00:23.997Z Out of the confusion of sounds which came—deadened by the intervening partition—to her ear, it was impossible to distinguish anything very clearly. Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z Thick rugs deadened the sound of our footsteps. The Count of Nideck adapted from the French of Erckmann-Chartrian 2011-01-20T03:00:07.967Z The rage of their victims is deadened by protocol and decorum. Like all inquiries, Chilcot is a pageant, too late to matter 2011-01-18T20:30:01Z Enliven me who am deadened by sin, you that gave birth to the Fountain of Immortality. Orthodox Daily Prayers 2011-01-18T03:00:12.820Z With the sound of their footsteps deadened by a grassy lawn, they made for that part of the out-houses containing the stables and motor-sheds, which they were able to enter unseen by those without. The Woman of Mystery 2011-01-15T03:00:36.260Z A ceaseless basic roar is there,—deadened at times by floods of music, yet nevertheless eternally there. Ancient Chinese account of the Grand Canyon, or course of the Colorado 2011-01-12T03:00:34.043Z Nor has a difference in colour always deadened the deeper feelings of the human heart. Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy 2011-01-06T03:00:45.737Z My wits were so deadened that I had a sort of sweet sorrow instead; the sorrow whose expression is an amiable snuffling melancholy, and a tender reflection on the days that are past. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z On the steps the noise of Boncœur's paws deadened the sound of his own light footsteps, and thus he crept along on the veranda which surrounded the cottage till he came to the window. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z At the same time be earnest in prayer and supplications, lest hereafter the flame of this heavenly love should be again deadened in thy heart. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z “Stop a moment; I know,” whispered Mr Hampton; and he went down the passage, and unhooked a baize door fastened back against the wall, the effect being that the sound was deadened, though not destroyed. The Mynns' Mystery 2010-12-20T17:12:18.180Z Soft flakes of snow were falling fast, and deadened the footfalls of those he met. Christmas Penny Readings Original Sketches for the Season 2010-12-20T17:11:47.497Z On a recent evening, a passenger whiled away two hours on a deadened stretch 60 miles from Beijing, as thousands of coal trucks idled and vendors darted among the vehicles, selling apples and other treats. China?s Rapid Growth Often Leads to Problems Down the Road 2010-08-28T00:47:00Z But historians say they're facing a political moment deadened by a bad economy, suspicious politics and lingering doubts after a scandal over climate scientists' e-mails. Historic oil spill fails to produce gains for U.S. environmentalists 2010-07-12T04:00:00Z Even the most buoyant TV reporters are regularly deflated by his deadened monotone and seeming lack of enthusiasm. Can Andy Murray Win Ugly at Wimbledon? 2010-06-20T20:05:00Z In recent months, Oklahoma has battled poultry companies from Arkansas in court, blaming their birds' waste for slimy and deadened rivers downstream. Manure becomes pollutant as its volume grows unmanageable 2010-03-01T05:00:00Z The natural enjoyment of life, the susceptibility to beauty in art and nature, the love of simplicity, were no longer possible to minds enervated and hearts deadened by the unrelieved monotony of luxurious living. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil Now she must be driving through the village, the sound was deadened by the walls of the houses. The Undying Past He grasped my hand, his lips moved, but the noise of the firing deadened his voice. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 Gradually, the son's affection became deadened towards his parent; she had ceased to complain, and now suffered in silence. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 “Well, Maine, how’s the head?” said the vicar, making the young man start, for the grass had deadened his tread. The Parson O' Dumford For the man born in a time when the nobler instincts have been deadened by the lust of gold and power and sensual excess, the virtuous will can only be won by a hard struggle. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Her spirit seemed parched, her will was deadened as by a blow. Sister Dolorosa and Posthumous Fame He departed with a strange confusion of feeling--a weight upon his heart--and an obstinate deadened glow in every vein. Four Phases of Love I knew that in professional gamblers all feelings, even those of honor, become completely deadened. A Divided Heart and Other Stories Luckily their backs were towards him, while the grassy road deadened the sound of his horse's hoofs. A Poached Peerage It was his political inheritance which had deadened them, the awful debt of blood that he still owed to the enemies of his race. The Hillman Storm, cold, and hunger had deadened the instinct of curiosity natural to every human bosom. The Bread Line A Story of a Paper When in the distance, the deadened sound again reached him, he paused for a moment and seemed to wrestle with himself; then he went resolutely farther down into the town to Mary's house. Four Phases of Love She had felt deadened, without special interest in what the jury decided. Manslaughter "Hush!" she exclaimed, all the dormant and deadened forces of her nature awaking to full and vigorous protest. The Man from Jericho There was nothing forced or unnatural in his manner; his feelings were not deadened for an instant, yet not for an instant would he give them rein. Witching Hill The soft carpet had deadened the sound of my steps, and I entered the snug little room unperceived. A Sister's Love A Novel One can hardly blame them, as there were no means known by which the faculties could be deadened. Brother Francis Less than the least As she lay with her consciousness turned inwards, the deadened fibres of her began to stir; pain moved in its swoon, and, waking, took the keenest form of all—remembrance. Beggars on Horseback Torn and divided as it was, its energy did not slacken, its busy and creative spirit was not deadened, its hopefulness not abated. Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. Oh! for one second in which to feast his bodily eye on that dear, forgotten face, so that what time and guilt had deadened in him might revive and live anew! Regina or the Sins of the Fathers The talk between them rarely touched reality, as though a barrier deadened their very voices. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath You are all dull, indifferent, deadened to everything that is vital. The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen By degrees, the still, small voice—the voice of the higher self which spiritually overshadows the unsophisticated youth—is deadened in the soul. Oscar Wilde: Art and Morality A Defence of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" If custom had not deadened us to the meaning of war and strike, we would shrink back in horror at the very sound of the words. Victory out of Ruin One thinks so seldom of these things, and if occasionally one hears them spoken of, familiarity with the words has deadened the hearer to their significance. The Great Discovery A painful idea requires to be replaced by an opposite or indifferent idea; and the agitation of the mind once calmed, the senses become tranquil and are deadened by sleep. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 As this movement was executed noiselessly, and the footsteps of the king, deadened by the thick carpet, made no more noise than a phantom's, the kneeling woman heard no sound, and continued to pray. Marguerite de Valois With his intellect deadened, his physical and moral sense impaired, he sinks into laziness, immorality, and debauchery. Drugging a Nation The Story of China and the Opium Curse Now, as he waited there, he heard the street door open, and instantly the deadened shock of a rush and struggle. The Moonlit Way The outside hall was thickly carpeted and deadened every footfall if one exercised only reasonable caution. The Social Gangster He found himself at Leipzig penniless, the theatre closed by the war, and interest in letters deadened from the same cause. The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise The returning sea-fogs seemed to have deadened the wind and were now closing in on him again. The Tremendous Event "My instinct warned me to keep him at a distance, but you deadened it." Mary No Irish whoops, no Teutonic din of combat shattered the stillness of that dim corridor—only the deadened sounds of blows and shuffling of frantic feet. The Moonlit Way This meeting together, this coming and going of thousands of men from all parts of the earth, where each man stood on the character he made there in a day, deadened curiosity, perhaps. First Fam'lies of the Sierras The road was filled with fallen leaves, which deadened the sound of the wheels. Harper's Round Table, October 29, 1895 He had a great love for art, and a strong love for beauty, which his studies in mathematics and science had never in the least deadened. East Angels Lydia was once more alone, faintness and weakness deadened her pain, and as the intense heat in the small cell diminished owing to the torrents of rain which poured down outside, she fell asleep. Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle The gleaming park, the peaceful evening sky, the sharp curve of an apricot-tinted moon, these things were blotted out and the noises of the town deadened by this indignant fury. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary But his wing of the house had been built for him proof against sound in the main portion of the building; the house, therefore, was deadened to noise within the wing. The Blind Man's Eyes Ponsard, however, was only a Romantic whose colour was deadened by his inability to attain more brilliant tones. A Short History of French Literature He stared at the black muzzle of the Colt, frozen by terror, fascinated by horror and deadened by despair. The Orphan Then again the reading was continued in a tone which fell like lead on the young souls of his audience, and deadened every free action of the mind. Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle A wainscot of highly polished black walnut surrounded the room, and rich India draperies deadened the walls. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter Whatever agony Maurice's love had caused her to bear, this sacrifice of her youth upon a tawdry altar had finally and effectually deadened. Carnival The storm which had rendered the march intolerable, had kept every one within doors, and the snow had deadened the tread of the troops and the rumbling of the artillery. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools Then came soft, turfy forest that deadened the wheels, and two troopers—on detachment duty—came noiselessly behind us. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel The ability to start things can be hypnotized out of anybody; the faculty for it, if once possessed, can be deadened or suppressed beyond the last degree of vitality. The American Country Girl It was a shock which deadened the brain; it may be that only a shock can rouse it to life again!” What a Man Wills Her head ached violently, and she was suffering from a severe attack of lassitude that deadened her brain-power making her ready to go back to her bed and try to forget everything in sleep. The New Mistress A Tale But his deadened faculties sprang into quick life at the low impressive voice. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt But in England a public Bal Masqué is a disgusting exhibition, to enjoy which every moral sense must be deadened, and then a man must be drunk and have his pockets well lined. The Night Side of London From time to time came the noise of single cannon-shots, deadened by the fog. Peasant Tales of Russia Pain deadened perception, gave him a moment's relief. Shock Treatment The globe of the tower deadened the flesh with cold. Black Amazon of Mars The radiations deadened the mind, gave one the feeling of numbness, so that nothing mattered but the next meal, the next movie in the recreation lounge, the next drink of water. The Hell Ship His peculiar lot has deadened his social feelings, but has concentrated his heart all the more upon that which is purely human. Black Forest Village Stories Firstly, it has deadened that general willingness of the liberal party, which the measure itself had created, to look favourably on a plan such as they might hope would obtain acquiescence, and bring about contentment. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) The floor of the corridor was covered in a tough resilient plastic that deadened footsteps. The Legion of Lazarus The soft, thick carpet deadened the sound of her footsteps, but the heavy silk rustled after her with an anxious sound. Gertrude's Marriage The low walls deadened the sound of her voice. The Automobile Girls at Chicago or, Winning Out Against Heavy Odds His hands and feet had become deadened, as though frozen, and the most vigorous treatment failed to restore the circulation. The Boy With the U.S. Miners He realized that temper had deadened judgment, and that the whole must sound excessively silly and childish. Under Boy Scout Colors If it were deadened, he would argue very much as follows. The Intellectual Life The ceaseless, parching winds had not dimmed the lustre of her clear blue eyes, nor deadened the gloss of her soft flaxen hair. The Vision of Elijah Berl Only the humming of the blood in his ears deadened the soft padding sound of their moccasins as they ran. Dusty Star The deadened sound of drums, blended with the shrill clang of trumpets, was shortly after heard, and a long brilliant train of horsemen moved slowly through the gate. The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. A scrupulous insistence on making his meaning clear led to an iteration of certain adjectives and adverbs, which at length deadened the effect beyond the endurance of all but the most resolute students. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" Who would trust the tenderness of a Curate’s forefinger, case-hardened as it is with his weekly steel-pen work, and deadened by the nature of it, against all Lesbias and their sparrows. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 The muffled bark of lugubrious timbre came again and again, deadened by distance and doors. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 Her last words are drowned in the jeers of his companions, and his senses are deadened by the odors of the purple cluster just ahead, and to reach it he takes the fatal step. Little Wolf A Tale of the Western Frontier And yet I tell thee, this sword will bite whatever it falls on, nor can its edge be deadened by spells, for it was forged by the dwarfs, and its name is Graysteel. Prisoners of Conscience He now saw how, in spite of his fine theories, his previous experiences with Angela had deadened to an extent his joy in this occasion. The "Genius" The sufferings of the siege had deadened their feelings. Sónnica The "banker's" face lighted up with triumph, and Shorty's deadened into acute despair. Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6) Si And Shorty Meet Mr. Rosenbaum, The Spy, Who Relates His Adventures The walls of this room were stained almost black; a thick carpet deadened the floor; the solid wooden shutters were barred and heavily curtained. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. In the fields stood scores of gigantic hemlocks, deadened, that never would be used even for fuel, save as their bark furnished the women with quick-burning stove-wood in wet weather. Our Southern Highlanders The scents of nature, stealing from the balmy mouths of lilies and roses, are deadened in his nostrils. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) Your conscience, if it be not already too much seared and deadened, ought to tell you why. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge The bullet that killed him went through it, and was deadened a trifle by it, sparing his life a little longer. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas A profound apathy deadened society, and an atmosphere of anguish and disillusion—which have left visible traces in Russian literature—weighed it down. Contemporary Russian Novelists There she lay groaning without really having any more pain; the cold had numbed her limbs and deadened the smart. Ditte: Girl Alive! Oil and laudanum had deadened the pain, and the boy was now sobbing hysterically; Morrison standing by, glaring in helpless rage. The Blue Goose Some will say that in her pride she deemed herself so deadened and impassive as to defy the impurity with which the Demon troubled a man of God. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages Thirst—raging, burning thirst—extinguished or deadened every other sensation. The Boy Slaves It was not, however, until fifty years had in some measure deadened the memory of the terrible transaction, that the ground was cultivated. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 You are deadened now to the touch of the incarnate. A Journal of Impressions in Belgium Their own motor thundered so loudly that every other sound was deadened. Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines The German Spy's Secret The dreadful crisis through which they had just passed had deadened their spirits, and weakened hearts already unmanned by a kind of morbid languor. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages They were now more distant from the breakers,—whose roar was somewhat deadened by the intervention of a sand-spur. The Boy Slaves Many parents, having allowed their own faith to become deadened by contact with the world, lose sight of the snares and pitfalls before the feet of their children. Vocations Explained Matrimony, Virginity, The Religious State and The Priesthood Its whistle is deadened as in a dense wood. A Year in the Fields Men collided with each other working about the decks, for the feeble glow of electric lights and lanterns was deadened by the yellowish compost so that they could not be seen five feet away. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers Having their origin with a community whose senses are blunted, drugged, and deadened with dissipation and ostentation, 403 they reject the simpler forms of beauty, and seek for startling effects, for odd and unexpected results. Household Papers and Stories All actual objects and feelings are blunted and deadened by being presented through a medium which may be true to reason, but is false in nature. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature Jay looked at it regretfully, as the poor little gills opened and shut in vain efforts to breathe the smothering air, and the pretty silver colouring deadened as its life went. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement Then the pounding ceased, shuffling footsteps were audible, and a soft clash of metal upon metal: shuffle again, and again the intermittent, deadened pounding. The Bandbox Then we deadened some trees and the land was ready to farm. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves. Texas Narratives, Part 2 The hay scattered on the floor had deadened the sound of their footsteps, as they piled in, and, in the silence of the big barn, the only sound came from their own gaspings for breath. The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall Or, Great Days in School and Out I saw the shadows of kings go riding by, But cerements mingled and paled with their panoply, And the moss-ways deadened the steps of steeds that never panted. Legends & Romances of Brittany His voice was deadened in the cold of the fog, but he wiped the hot sweat from his face. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 The emptiness and stillness was like that of a vast cemetery, and the grass that had grown through the paving-stones deadened the sound of our steps. With the French in France and Salonika The sounds of the city were deadened by the high insulation construction of the building. The Thirst Quenchers Both, however, agreed in destroying individuality, inasmuch as the one degraded man into a will-less machine for executing the commands of others, and the other deadened him in cultivating the feeling of his sinful worthlessness. Pedagogics as a System The number of young and old roues is enormous, and they require special irritants, excess having deadened and surfeited them. Woman under socialism It was a face stretched to agony, deadened to the color of lead. The Missourian Then an arm slipped affectionately about my shoulders, and I felt that Tommy was also standing by, looking along the trail of deadened sound. Wings of the Wind Practically self-educated and spending his early life in his native country he escaped the influences of German training which so deadened the efforts of former composers, such as Pierson and Bennett. Music: An Art and a Language I was rapt, I was deadened to selfish forgetfulness by the sweet music of those dreams. Claim Number One Then the stern blast roared, though its sound came faintly through the deadened walls, and he sent the little speedster for the pale blue light of an ascending area. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 It so happened that neither locality had that honour; for Robert was half a mile away from both, and much nearer to Caroline than her deadened spirit suspected. Shirley I shouted, but my voice seemed deadened and stifled. The Sign of Silence The snow that had fallen had deadened the sound of the hoofs on the road, and, looking round, he saw Mr. Faulkner riding fast, at a distance of but fifty yards away. Through Russian Snows A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow A stream went voiceless by, still deadened more By reason of his fallen divinity Spreading a shade: the Naiad 'mid her reeds Press'd her cold finger closer to her lips. A Day with Keats Around us the din was horrible; the thunder was continuous, the echoes of the mountains repeating from distance to distance its sound, sometimes deadened, and sometimes with awful grandeur. Adventures in the Philippine Islands Your praises charmed me because they coincided with my own opinion, and were like the flattering echo—deadened, indeed, and faint—of my thoughts. Pepita Ximenez Is not thought excited by stimulants, and deadened or even annihilated by narcotics? Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) He stood there as rigid as a statue, his body completely deadened from the neck down. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 The padding deadened everything except my own choking. Little Brother The men with him were those who would act under his orders, men whose senses were quite deadened to the finer emotions of life. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country Self-help must be stimulated, not deadened by stifling dependence on a class of superiors, or on the state. Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy Another swift look about, and Hilary was moving down the long corridor, close to the wall, his footfalls deadened by the soft composition rug. Slaves of Mercury The load of grief and despair which had weighed her down at the last proof of her lover's treachery, was succeeded by a mood of deadened resignation. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. She lived her own shut-up, deadened, secret life through it all, and had no nerves of sensation near enough to the surface to be affected much by what went on outside of her. Diana His protecting arm supported me, and his calm and steady voice penetrated even my deadened hearing, as he asked my permission to apply some snow to my forehead. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy I spoke of my black soul—it is black, I've poisoned it with music, slowly poisoned it until now it must be deadened. Melomaniacs "Be careful, my dear." hen the two men were gone, moving cautiously down the corridor with deadened footfalls. Slaves of Mercury All the sensations which might naturally spring in the bosom of an injured cavalier were deadened by the more powerful feelings of a father's love. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. Confused sounds of scuffling and hard breathing became audible, with a thump or two deadened by the rug; but more than that, nothing--never a word from either combatant. Nobody The sharp hoofs of his team were flinging mud in every direction, and the rattle of the wheels had deadened to a thick sucking as they sank into the black mud. The Twins of Suffering Creek "It would be muffled and deadened by the leaves and branches all about it." The Destroyer A Tale of International Intrigue The senses are too, in some sort, deadened to the hazards of the scene and, in battle, one finds himself doing with resolute will things which under normal conditions would fill him with abhorrence. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War Within her eyes gleam sparkles lush, As on the rime-kissed, deadened leaves. Enamels and Cameos and other Poems It has deadened our feelings on that subject, though I hope without shaking our principles. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 After this reflection two hours passed by without any material change in their situation; a sortie became impossible; the thickened walls deadened all sound without. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras Drink deadened their restlessness, benumbed their energies, made them forget their dangers, sleep through their durance. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 I obeyed, and directly found myself carried along in a swift, delightful movement, which seemed to my drowsy, deadened senses, quick as the nimble air, smooth as a swallow’s flight. The First Violin A Novel The smart had stirred up his deadened nerves. Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real There was an exultation in Jon's heart that deadened the hunger and washed away the nausea. Acid Bath Music, as it moved, Floated on sea-winds inland, deadened now By thickets, echoed now from cliff or cave: Ere long before them that procession stood. Legends of the Saxon Saints It was as though he himself had been deadened to every sense but this. The Web of the Golden Spider The flavour of the pickled salmon is sophisticated and deadened, if not vapid; that of the other is natural, fresh, and delicate, the pure volatile spirit not being destroyed by improper cookery, or long keeping. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families But the joy of battle never deadened his instinct of fair play. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice Her feelings seemed to be becoming deadened in her, her temper hard and cold. The Rainbow The beech trees had been deadened by some settler who had chopped a ring around them, and they stood gaunt with a few tattered leaves, letting the weird twilight in. The Boy Scouts Book of Stories He had but to look down into her eyes now and all was said; she had but to look into his, even deadened as they were by fatigue, to read all her heart craved. The Web of the Golden Spider Green tufts of grass bordered the shining pavement, and no one would have thought of tearing them away, for they deadened the noise made by the passers-by. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories The necessity for keeping her mind on moving noiselessly deadened her thought to anything else. The Dust Flower Consider how quickly our appreciation is deadened as some object is multiplied or is regarded as one case in a thousand. Introduction to the Science of Sociology In the far distance, like the sound of an echo, deadened by the mass of trees, a bugle-call had rung out, somewhere, through the air. The Frontier The shouts had ceased, but the tramp of thousands of feet grew louder, until the sound was deadened as the demonstrators passed under the wing of the Palace on their way to the central entrance. In Brief Authority The sound of the wire as it was cut was deadened as much as possible by having a man hold the strand on either side of the place to be cut. Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line The Motor Boys Fighting for Uncle Sam The sounds of the city were deadened here to a dull rumble, while the vibrancy of the autumn afternoon excited his taut nerves. The Dust Flower Everyone seemed to be asleep, however, or else the roaring of the wind deadened the noise of our footsteps. Tales From Scottish Ballads The damp grass deadened the shine of my boots, and I walked back to the house and summoned Inky to put them in shape again. The Love Story of Abner Stone Despise not Thou my lowly penitence, Ere comes the day, when, deadened every sense, My limbs too feeble grown to bear my weight, A burden to myself, I journey hence. Hebrew Literature When we walked forward again, we passed through a thick plantation of young firs; and then, the sounds behind us became slowly and solemnly deadened the further we went on. Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot No sound but its own distant deadened one, was heard within; but some dog in the rear barked, and then howled, as if alarmed at the sudden breach of long prevailing silence. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 Crossing a carpet so thick and soft that it deadened the sound of footsteps, she pressed the button of an electric bell beside the fireplace. Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas A deadened report shook the summer air—the sound of a cannon fired very far away, perhaps on the citadel of Strasbourg. The Maids of Paradise Her sense of humour had not been deadened by sorrow, it was only in abeyance, and now she felt it stirring into life. The End of the Rainbow As they talked they rode slowly toward the west, the sound of their horses' hoofs deadened on the turf, and both watching among the trees for any hostile appearance. The Great Sioux Trail A Story of Mountain and Plain They followed his invisible movements, the sound of his footsteps deadened by the carpet; and they did not doubt but that he had already crossed the threshold of the room. The Confessions of Arsène Lupin His right arm, so twisted, so bruised, was powerless—and in that hand, now so deadened and helpless that it seemed detached from his body, was his revolver. Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas At the same instant a deadened cannon-shot echoed the clamor of the clock. The Maids of Paradise Since the uncut bark is the chief support left for the branch, any stiff wind or even its own weight will break it off as soon as it has become deadened. The Pecan and its Culture The carpet of dried sea-grass thrown up by the high tides, deadened their footsteps as they crawled into the cave. El Diablo Association with Mignon had not entirely deadened her sense of right and wrong. Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore The roaring of the great furnace fires either drowned or deadened every other sound; even the voices of the whalesmen themselves, as they stood close to each other. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Why did he come and look at me, and take me by the hand, and awaken my deadened senses to the sting of anguish that has no name? The Dop Doctor There is a vast difference between one who has become intoxicated by a single glass and one who has been drinking for hours, and has thereby paralyzed his nerves and deadened his brain. Under Fire A Tale of New England Village Life No one, even a few feet away, could have heard her call and if there had been any answer, the roar of the storm deadened it. The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure I believe I am slowly petrifying; I neither suffer nor enjoy as formerly; my feelings are deadened; I am growing callous, indifferent to everything. Macaria Each man's sense of origins, his faculties won from Nature, his individuality and dispensations of human spirit, all are deadened. Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation The agony can be deadened with an opiate, and the ruptured arteries ligatured. The Dop Doctor To most of the other military routine he had grown hardened or deadened. The Rough Road A tremendous fire glowed in its massive cage; a crimson carpet and curtains of almost barbaric gravity contributed to the admirable temperature and deadened unruly noise. Anthony Lyveden All the man's motions were heavy and slow, deadened as if clogged with a great load. The Toilers of the Field The same lethargy had mercifully deadened to some extent the pain of Mabel's injustice, until Mark's visit had revived it that afternoon. The Giant's Robe A white dress moved slowly among the rough-barked trunks, and because a thick carpet of withered needles deadened the sound of hoofs I came almost upon Grace before she saw me. Lorimer of the Northwest The early afternoon was warm, a westerly breeze deadened the sound of the distant bombardment to an unheeded drone, and a holy peace settled over the place. The Rough Road His sensibilities were deadened to any catastrophe of the flesh. Mountain Blood A Novel His food may, perhaps, have something to do with the deadened slowness which seems to pervade everything he does—there seems a lack of vitality about him. The Toilers of the Field His lips and tongue were so parched that both taste and feeling seemed deadened. 'Me--Smith' They were indistinguishable except as vocal sounds deadened by the impeding fog; but human voices they certainly were. Desert Dust It tickled into some kind of life his deadened self-esteem. The Rough Road A log cabin, and occasionally a stable and corn crib, and a field of a dozen acres, the timber girdled or "deadened," and fenced, are enough for his occupancy. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West On he went on foot—his limbs were strained and deadened, yet he felt no fatigue, he held the paper crumpled in his hand. The Regent's Daughter Was it the tranquil stillness of the night outside that stirred that growing apprehension in her breast till, of a sudden, her heart began a deadened throbbing? A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories His moral efficiency to his contemporaries consisted in the fact that his passions were deadened and his judgment as disinterested as was humanly possible. The Cult of Incompetence Now that the wall no longer deadened the sound his ears were assailed by all the fierce clamor of the battle. The White Mice The latter river rose to an unusual height in June, the waters of the small creeks were backed up, and a large surface of luxuriant vegetation was covered and deadened. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West Indeed, I distinctly recollect the morning bitters and evening toddy, which you were accustomed to give me; and though I thought but little of it then, I now see that it deadened all my sensibilities. Select Temperance Tracts This is the way the spirit of youth is emasculated, deadened through an over-estimation of one's own value. Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 2, April 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature Nothing was to be heard as the bridal party proceeded save the muffled sound of their footsteps, deadened by the costly carpets over which they trod. Louis XIV. Makers of History Series For a moment the dull eyes kindled, the dull face brightened, as some deadened memory seemed to stir and waken into life; then the shadow fell heavy and hopeless again. Killykinick Fighting off the weariness he lunged forward again, swinging the now deadened right arm at the blur Corrigan made in front of him. 'Firebrand' Trevison The sunset glow, the girl’s presence, had given him a moment’s illusion, had absorbed him for a moment, acting on his deadened nature like a narcotic at once soothing and stimulating. Northern Lights He made his way cautiously among the trees and the grassy path deadened the sound of his steps. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands Alick's conscience was by no means altogether deadened, and his triumph was dashed. The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys Tell him that a mother's instincts, a mother's love, deadened by the curse, still dwelt within me. Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus Help!” he cried again, his voice being almost wholly deadened by the pillows, which had fallen on him after the collapse. At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern The sodden noises in the mud, the deadened flopping of the sinking body—mud-plastered hands beating frantically on mud, spattering, agonising in darkness—"My God," he breathed, "anything but that—anything but that!——" The Flaming Jewel Then, taking advantage of the wet grass that effectually deadened the sound of their footsteps, they had turned the tables on their shadowers. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War He himself had deadened the sound by closing the door. Anna the Adventuress The cultivated land had been cleared by cutting away the underbrush and small trees, while the big ones had merely been "deadened," by girdling them near the ground. The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 The roar of the cannon was incessant, and the recoil of the heavy explosions deadened what little way the ships had on when fire was opened. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 These are rolled in pastry, thoroughly deadened, pinched very securely, and fried a very pale brown. Choice Cookery Nothing, for instance, has deadened the interest of children in plant life so much as the study of botany. The Renewal of Life; How and When to Tell the Story to the Young It would seem that nature had shared the blow he had received and had been deadened by it. The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives He, too, recognized the necessity of labour, in order that the sorrow within his heart might thus become dull and deadened. The Bertrams Out of the body of pines a long train shot and rushed past, the sun flashing on its sides, its roar deadened by the roar in the pines. Frank of Freedom Hill He had sought the invigorating mountains, the safety of isolation, to do for him that which an abused and deadened will refused to do. The Arena Volume 4, No. 24, November, 1891 It seemed, too, as if she was incapable of feeling anything poignantly, deadened now by these quick calamities. The House with the Green Shutters Finding some cord in a pocket, he first deadened the click of the shutter with a thread of the 137 string, and secured a piece of it to the shutter trigger. The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity A storm had come up with the setting of the sun and occasional flashes of lightning lighted the darkened room where Welcome found himself while the thunder deadened the sound of his stumbling feet. Little Lost Sister Now she could see the mob below, though the rushing of the water deadened the voices, and she could not distinguish the words. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg His blows were landing now; they left deadened flesh and paralyzed muscles as marks of their force. The Range Boss But drink deadened the outer rim of his perception and left it the clearer in the middle for its concentration. The House with the Green Shutters Thinking of this now, his smile deadened to a bland and withdrawn expression as strangers, these treasure chests in which conversation could unlock knowledge and spontaneity, seemed empty and exhausted resources. An Apostate: Nawin of Thais Kate inside heard the deadened sound of Philip's "Goodnight," the crunch of the mare's hoofs on the gravel and the clink of the bit in her teeth. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Every sound was deadened, so that they could have gone directly past the ranch houses and not even the dogs would have heard them. Frontier Boys on the Coast or in the Pirate's Power The narrow streets stopped her breath; the hubbub deadened her senses. The Goose Man Drink deadened his nervous perception of the critics on his right and left, and set him free to follow his idea undisturbed. The House with the Green Shutters But I think, and shall always think, that Frederic's angel appeared to her, and, in some way, deadened her mind to the dreadful suffering his loss would occasion. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 They came on and paused, came up and paused again, and then they went past and deadened off and died in the dense night-air. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Rollo observed that the fire was almost immediately deadened. Rollo's Philosophy. [Air] “You are my wife, in the presence of God my wife,” he added, in deadened memory of the words of another. The Goose Man As they sat on a log discussing their bread and cocoa, a rollicking song came, as a sound comes fluctuating through the woods, now from this side, now from that, and curiously deadened. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest As soon as it has perceived and felt this distance, the natural inclination which it has to return to its source, and which has been, as it were, deadened by sin, is revived. Spiritual Torrents He might have attained his end more completely if his absorption in it had dimmed the brightness of his marvellous intelligence, or deadened his delight in its gymnastics. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography The intense faith and the imaginative quality of the seventeenth century were deadened. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 We lay down as we were, all dressed, and the train rushing and swinging along deadened my mind and feelings. Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915 His voice, muffled by the thickly falling flakes, had an odd, deadened ring in his own ears; and he doubted if he could be heard very far. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest The silence on board was almost painful, for the terrible roar of the current as it tore along the coral walls of the passage, deadened every sound. "Pig-Headed" Sailor Men From "The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton and Other Stories" - 1902 What is the pain that does not become deadened after a thousand years? or what is the nature of that pleasure or happiness which never wearies by monotony? From a Cornish Window A New Edition The way of salvation for Boehme is the process by which this original Light and power, dimmed and deadened by sin, are restored to the soul. Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries I sprang upon the deck, my footfalls deadened by the rubber matting which lay along all the decks. The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive She could have followed Robert to a London living with a joy and hope which would have completely deadened all these repulsions of the senses now so active in her. Robert Elsmere From an infinite distance the morning breeze from the north carried with it a deadened thumping sound, now regular as the muffled rolling of drums, now softly irregular with intervals of stillness. The Greater Love When Khara felt each deadened power Yielding beneath that murderous shower, He charged, infuriate with the scent Of blood, in dire bewilderment. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse |
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