| 单词 | deafened |
| 例句 | Captain Cat was shouting orders, but the noise had deafened them all. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z There we shall see all and hear all if we are not deafened by the bells.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z He chugged two cans at once, lifted his head like a wolf baying at the moon and let loose with a burp so loud it must have deafened house pets three houses over. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She seemed deafened by the machinery and too cowed to ask questions even when she needed to. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The dizziness has subsided and while my left ear is still deafened, I can hear a ringing in my right, which seems a good sign. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Chip-toothed Sandy gave such a loud whistle that Otis Amber would have been deafened if the flaps of the aviator's helmet had not been snug against his ears. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a titter and soon great rolling whoops of laughter deafened him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Just then, despite being deafened, I heard a girl’s voice scream out, “Will! Will Tweedy! You aw-right, Will?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Hundreds of songbirds have been surgically deafened in order to find out if their songs are learned or instinctive. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The sound rose to a roar that deafened him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z A torrent of sound deafened and confused him; there were voices everywhere, footsteps, screams. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Walking away from Ro Leap, I am deafened by the ringing in my ears. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m deafened by the chorus of screams that come up from the audience. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Maddie flew alone, careful and happy, low over the snow-tipped Highlands on those pretty tapered wings, deafened by the Merlin engine, navigating by dead reckoning. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z No longer deafened by the bombs, I finally notice something circling and buzzing over my head. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And again the roar of the crowd deafened Julius and defeated Caesar’s intention. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “To ears deafened by political correctness, words like ‘baby’ and ‘doll’ sound condescending and sexist, to most women in relationships, they sound like love.” 18 hilariously terrible sex tips that all men should ignore 2014-02-21T13:05:00Z Most of his show was full-on rock 'n' roll, to the point where he joked at one point, "hope we haven't deafened you." McCartney performs radio concert at Apollo 2010-12-14T13:01:04Z I was deafened, and the abyss cracked apart to open up yet further depths. 2121: A Tale from the Next Century by Susan Greenfield – review 2013-07-11T08:00:00Z He didn’t hear what the other man said the first time, as he was temporarily deafened by the blast. A Photographer’s View of a Battle to Destroy ISIS 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z At various times, Flyora is deafened by explosions or rendered mute with horror. A Russian Filmmaker’s Travelogue of Hell 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Instead, we are deafened by a cacophony of memoirs and first-person narratives — “a choir made up of soloists.” One of India’s Most Original and Controversial Novelists Returns With a Powerful Parable 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Yet there's something powerful and authentic about "its wrongness, its deafened bad dream feel". Lionel Asbo by Martin Amis – review 2012-06-08T21:55:05Z The team surgically deafened five mice and recorded their songs in a mouse-size sound studio, tricked out with infrared cameras and microphones. The Animals Are Talking. What Does It Mean? 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Yet when the researchers treated the mice with a plant-based cholesterol-like compound called phytosterols, the artificially deafened mice experienced improvement in their hearing. A common plant-based supplement was able to restore hearing in mice. Human ears could be next 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Mohammad Wali said he was listening to a speaker address the crowd when the huge explosion temporarily deafened him. A bomb at a political rally in northwest Pakistan kills at least 40 people and wounds more than 150 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z If you were deafened by Gary Cully's entrance, ears were melting when Taylor made her entrance just before 11pm in Dublin. Cameron ends Taylor's unbeaten record to retain titles 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z The telescope is among the most sensitive in the world at these low frequencies, but it could soon be deafened by signals emanating from a mundane source: electric trains. In India, train tracks threaten a giant telescope 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z They then compared sonograms of the songs of deafened mice with those of hearing mice. The Animals Are Talking. What Does It Mean? 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z "There was an explosion, or some kind of shots. It deafened me. The back windscreen shattered. My husband shouted, 'Get out of the car.'" Ukraine mother: I saw my daughter killed, then was held captive in basement 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z But if seismic survey operators benefitted from a dearth of environmental impact studies for many years, more and more research shows that marine life is silenced, deafened, subdued, and scattered by the major sonic impacts. Whale ears, shell oil, and the hidden toll of seismic surveys 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z But Ms Clair criticised them over their stance, saying: "Their silence deafened me." Raith Rovers ladies' play first match since breakaway 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z And Paul Raci was awarded the society‘s best supporting actor for his turn as a deafened counselor who runs a Midwestern sober house for deaf addicts in Darius Marder’s eloquent drama “Sound of Metal.” 'Nomadland' named best picture by National Society of Film Critics awards 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z A 2015 study found that each explosion in Dutch waters deafened 15 porpoises, and possibly as many as 60. Stop blowing up bombs on sea floor, say whale campaigners 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z So, do not be deafened by the cacophony of furiousness surrounding the U.S. Opinion | A useful litmus test for the next Supreme Court justice 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z The charismatic animals are increasingly struck by ships, entangled in abandoned fishing nets and deafened by the booms of the seismic cannons used during underwater oil prospecting. Review | The mysterious lives and enduring allure of whales 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z Such assurances are often deafened by a slew of fake news on social media with theories about a plot to carry out harmful vaccinations on black people with the aim of killing them. Why Africans should take part in Covid-19 vaccine trials 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z In 2017, a study published in the Journal of Applied Ecology found that seals were being temporarily deafened by noise pollution in the United Kingdom's shipping lanes. Surprising footage reveals gray seals talk by clapping 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z At least eight porpoises were deafened and died in August 2019 after explosions were used to clear second world war mines in a German marine protection zone in the Baltic Sea. Stop blowing up bombs on sea floor, say whale campaigners 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z For radio astronomers, their sensitive instruments increasingly deafened on Earth, that is a bleak prospect. Could humanity’s return to the moon spark a new age of lunar telescopes? 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z There’s a woman who was deafened for considerable time afterward, so it sounds as if it was quite a dramatic explosion. A history of body horrors from distended scrotums to exploding teeth 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z The whales are being deafened by sonar and boat noise in the sea, as well as a lack of Chinook salmon, their main source of food. Orca mother finally abandons dead calf she carried for more than two weeks 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z England fans laid a wreath to honor the dead of Stalingrad; fans asked for selfies with smiling police officers; Brazilians and Argentines deafened baffled commuters in Moscow’s marble-clad metro stations. The World Cup Changed Russia, but for How Long? 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z “Thoughts and prayers” fell uselessly upon ears deafened by gunshot and hearts numb to their meaning. Opinion | A shooting survivor’s plea: ‘Ideas are great’ but ‘what we need is action’ 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z Dazed and deafened, one wounded boy rested his head on a corpse as the truck set off for a medical clinic, past an overturned lorry and jagged, abandoned homes. The fall of Raqqa: hunting the last jihadists in Isis's capital of cruelty 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z He portrayed his desert kingdom bordering conflict-ridden Syria and Iraq as a defender of moderation and inclusiveness in a region “too often deafened by division and extremism.” Jordan’s young crown prince makes global debut in UN speech 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Defense lawyers said Abu Khattala was taken from Libya “shackled, hooded, gagged and deafened” with sound eliminating headphones to maximize his disorientation, styled after terrorism detainees at the U.S. military site at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Benghazi terror suspect is in U.S. court. So is an FBI agent who captured him. 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z Soon the drone of the incoming helicopter deafened the crowd and emergency medical technicians pretended to load a student into the helicopter. EXCHANGE: Teens learn dramatic lesson on safe driving 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z A postdoctoral fellow there told me that she and her colleagues were currently able to improve the hearing of a deafened mouse by about fifteen decibels. High-Tech Hope for the Hard of Hearing 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z Get rid of the freeways and give the city's beaten up, deafened residents a break. Dreaded by Drivers, Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Is Set for Repairs 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z An Afghan soldier fired a rocket-propelled grenade near the lieutenant, and the back blast nearly deafened him. The Fighter 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z It was a reminder so loud that, as a songwriter, I’m almost deafened. Nick Cave's gift: a skeleton key that unlocks the source of songwriting 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z Opposition athletes were often booed and chants from an army of yellow shirts deafened venues. Paralympics: Silence for Brazil! Crowd at blind soccer struggles with quiet 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z The duty of critical writing is to listen to the noise of life without being deafened by it. The Superhero Photographs of the Black Lives Matter Movement 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z They delude themselves that what other people think doesn’t matter, because they are deafened by the applause that reverberates through their own arenas. Innuendo, conspiracy and outright delusion: The bizarro “truth” according to Donald Trump 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z This is a nitpick, maybe, but being tethered to a $1,000+ computer, while you are effectively blinded and deafened to the outside world is a crazy thing to ask of anyone. Six big reasons to hold off on virtual reality 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z I'm going to be shaken, compressed, disorientated, deafened and heated: all in a day's work for a pilot. Bloodhound Diary: Planning for the roughest of rides - BBC News 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Hundreds of thousands of deafened soldiers were returning from the front line. How Germany's love of silence led to the first earplug - BBC News 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z “This grape juice would have deafened him to Eve’s cunning plan.” How to Lead a Nation That Never Existed 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Forty years later, his Cassandra dilemma regarding the abandonment of liberalism still rings true though its significance holds no sway over those deafened by partisan favoritism. Noam Chomsky: America is a plutocracy masquerading as a democracy 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z But the fact that someone can tell their story to judicial ears deafened by mandatory minimum sentencing doesn’t make the system legal or just. A criminal justice reform bill that doesn't end mandatory minimums isn't enough | Chandra Bozelko 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Tazzara was wounded twice, once by an enemy grenade that cut one arm slightly and deafened him for three days and again by a grenade he tossed into an enemy bunker. Winsted trio are brothers, and survivors, in arms 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z Officers would wait for specific reports of crimes taking place, then race to the scene – with their windows up to avoid being deafened by their own sirens – to mitigate the problem within minutes. Outrage at Police Could Return Cities to Dark Ages of Crime 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z “It’s not exactly the Oscars,” one of the organisers says apologetically, as presenters get tangled up in their microphone wires, and the audience is deafened by scratchy feedback. Sex doesn’t sell: the decline of British porn 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z When they explode, the noise is so loud and the flash is so bright that anyone close by is temporarily blinded and deafened. A SWAT team blew a hole in my 2-year-old son 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z A wide range of deaf and deafened people are featured. The time deaf people were 'linguistic lepers' 2014-05-05T02:21:11Z He was deafened a century ago in the same horse and cart accident that killed his mother. UK's only deaf church to close 2014-04-27T00:38:53Z When mice were deafened, the opposite occurred: the link between the thalamus and the visual cortex strengthened. Loss of vision strengthens sense of hearing, study finds 2014-02-08T22:11:02Z "You all come here and tell lies," shouted one man as my pleas to be allowed to continue filming fell on ears deafened by the devastating impact of Saturday's bombs. Tensions rise between Turks and Syrian refugees 2013-05-14T00:07:50Z You gave everyone a scare,” she said, loudly, as if his illness had also deafened him. Nicole Krauss: “Zusya on the Roof.” 2013-01-28T05:00:00Z According to a study published in Neuron, the compound, known as LY-411575, significantly improved the hearing of mice deafened by loud noise. Hear-Raising: Compound Regenerates Auditory Hair Cells, Offering a Possible Treatment for Deafness 2013-01-12T12:45:00.197Z A drug applied to the ears of mice deafened by noise can restore some hearing in the animals. Drug Enables Deafened Mice to Hear Again 2013-01-09T20:10:00Z And like humans and singing birds, mice that were deafened showed a gradual deterioration of the quality of their songs, a process that continued over several months. Singing Mice May Join Humans and Songbirds As Vocal Learners 2012-10-11T03:15:00.190Z We need to quiet things down a bit for everyone, but especially for those who are already deafened. Op-Ed Contributor: More Noise, More Hearing Loss 2012-08-03T04:05:48Z The whistling gusts deafened all ears; and the shivering idolaters huddled together, wrapped up in the folds of their mantles. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z Voices Your ears and your heart are deafened.—These kill-joys should themselves be killed.—Let us don our festal attire.—Out of the way, chatterbox. Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes 2012-04-10T02:00:19.943Z The treatment isn't anywhere near ready for use in humans, but the advance at least raises the prospect of restoring hearing to some deafened people. Drug Enables Deafened Mice to Hear Again 2013-01-09T20:10:00Z Lucifer, deafened by their hubbub, stops his ears, and tries to silence them. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z I sat deafened, lost in the scramble; of no more account, for the moment, than Buton. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z The shouts, the confused cries, and threats, and questions deafened me. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z Three bands of varying degrees of badness found their places where they could, and thumped and blared against one another until the panes rattled in the deafened streets. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z They then tested that drug on adult mice that had been deafened after 2 hours in an extremely loud sound chamber. Drug Enables Deafened Mice to Hear Again 2013-01-09T20:10:00Z The discordant outcries which had so long deafened the ears of the English soon ceased altogether, and not a living Indian remained near the spot. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z Rain, hail, and thunder, striving for the mastery, almost deafened him, and made him more bewildered every minute. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z After following my guide very unwillingly through the several alleys, deafened with the barking and howling of the savage occupants, I was taken to the department of wild animals. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z They did pass through, making with the carts to which they were harnessed a thundering clatter which would have deafened the inmates of an American dwelling. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z Instead, Kelley suggests, the most obvious application would be for soldiers who have become deafened suddenly by a bomb blast or other explosion. Drug Enables Deafened Mice to Hear Again 2013-01-09T20:10:00Z A stranger, confused by the sea of excited faces, and deafened by the clamour of "Vive le Roi!" Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z Of these things you are ignorant: you are so deafened with shouts and songs in your own praise that you never catch a whisper of doom. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z The report of the gun nearly deafened the boys, and Jed felt certain that he had missed. Two Boy Gold Miners or, Lost in the Mountains 2012-03-12T03:00:19.777Z The roar of the ways, choked with soldiers and citizens, the babel of strange tongues, the clamour of bells and trumpets, deafened us. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z Her heart was thumping until it deafened her. The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z The din, indeed, persisted, deafened, shook them; but the crowd seemed to be at a stand a few doors down the Rue St. Honor�. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z Here a crowd surrounded the bear, and laid furious bets for or against; while yelps and growls and fierce barkings deafened all within hearing. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z I was not born deaf but became deafened after illness at nine to 10 years old. Deaf debate: Caught between two worlds 2012-02-16T05:38:04Z The clamour of their hoarse shouting went up continuously, and sometimes almost deafened us. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z While the babel without deafened and distracted them. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z This counsel sounds strange to ears deafened by the tumult of modern life and by the clamorous theories of Cubists, Futurists and Vorticists. Paul Gauguin, His Life and Art 2012-02-14T03:00:24.393Z Lad wanted to break forth into a peal of ecstatic barking that would have deafened every one in the room. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z They were still in the passage when an appalling roar deafened their ears. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z A woman and some children had climbed on to it, and begging with their palms through the windows almost deafened us. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z For a moment he stood, deafened by his reception. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Then there was a crash that left them dazed and deafened, and in another moment was followed by a dull crescendo roar, while a splashing trickle ran down into the engine room. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z The myriad blended noises confused and deafened him. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z All this time they could scarce see or hear, so blinded and deafened were they by the thunder and fire. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z The lines are so strange, the colours so brilliant, the sounds so sharp, that one is at once deafened, blinded, and astonished. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z Mary quailed, deafened by the thunder of the fire, with the walls of the room turning blood-red round her, and the smoke beginning to drift before the window. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z But now our ears are deafened with a clash of arms, rumbling of drums, pistol-shots, and shouted execrations. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z The great expense of such an undertaking is incurred in making the new name known, in advertising it, in shouting it into the ears of a public deafened with a thousand outcries. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z The sound of the falling water that deafened him with its roar when first he heard it, now soothed him like a gentle lullaby. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z The children clinging to their skirts wept and deafened everybody with their cries, some wanting to return home, others begging to be shown the "Bishop." The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z The revolvers cracked in quick succession, raising an echo that almost deafened them. The Haunted Mine 2011-10-28T02:00:23.833Z The thunder of its fall had deafened her to all other noises; its smoke had blinded her to all other sights. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z We have been deafened about the Doctor's private virtues; of which these passages are a very poor evidence. Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works 2011-10-18T02:00:19.057Z Frantic with joy, they nearly deafened him with cheers, and almost buried him in flowers; nor could he keep at bay those who pressed forward to crown him with laurel. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z I wish that I might slip it into the coat-pocket of that great boy with the figure of gods—he who led the chase and deafened me with his hammering. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z But at times they were deafened by thunders, as the storm began outside. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z The tumult that broke forth at this reply nearly deafened him. The Strange Story Book 2011-09-15T02:00:13.747Z He ran on falling several times in his haste and almost blinded by the rain which came down in sheets of water, and deafened by the roar of thunder which was now unending.... Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy 2011-09-12T02:00:25.620Z So stunned and stupefied was I that I lay for an instant without motion, my ears still deafened by that clap of thunder. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z The railway amused me, and made me wonder, but used as I was to the quiet of the desert and forest, it deafened me, and the shaking tired me beyond conception. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z Kneedrock's tirade, reasonless, rhymeless, with its seemingly endless iteration and reiteration of ideas, phrases, words; all combining to form one great outpouring volume of contemptuous, reproachful, mad rebuke, had stunned her—deafened her. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z Uproar, laughter, the clatter of tankards, the sound of muskets, the echoes thundering in the vaults deafened him. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z One was occupied in greeting friends, struck by changes in faces, deafened by the noise and movement. Reminiscences of Anton Chekhov 2011-08-21T02:00:35.470Z Whose ear is now ever deafened by the cries of the broom-man? A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z We galloped after them and were soon in their ranks, which gave way as we pressed in, and spread on both sides with such roaring and snorting as deafened the thundering noise of their hoofs. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z Crowd them in rows, comrades or foes, Deadened with liquor and deafened with din, Fugitives out of the frosts and the snows, Hustle them, bustle them, jostle them in! City Ballads 2011-08-04T02:00:21.027Z Sendlingen had to quit the carriage and, half deafened with the cheers, he hurried through the ranks and breathed again when he reached the shelter of the hotel. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z Yes, and the first I heard was a click! click! click! and that, it seems, was the terrible thing flying over us and then an explosion that deafened me. Molly Brown of Kentucky 2011-07-16T02:00:18.603Z No, don't fear that you would actually be deafened with singing in Germany. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z British ladies never acknowledge defeat; competition kept up all round, till, dazed and deafened, the stray traveller gulps down luncheon and rushes into street. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93., October 1, 1887 2011-06-29T02:00:26.507Z Kenneth, who was kneeling by his chum, was thrown violently against Rollo, and the two, deafened by the concussion, found themselves gasping for breath amid the sulphurous fumes that wafted around them. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z The noise deafened and bewildered the youth, who was, as a matter of fact, in extremis. Gunpowder Treason and Plot And Other Stories for Boys 2011-06-08T02:00:16.797Z I welcomed the roar of its thoroughfares, the noises of its traffic; they deafened my soul. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z Almost the next instant the thunder of the rain on the deck deafened those in the cabin. The Corner House Girls on Palm Island 2011-06-01T02:00:23.043Z Air and water and grasses seem thrilling with abundant life, and the ear is deafened with abundant noise; a noise, however, which, discordant as it is, has for a naturalist the music of the nightingale. The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk 2011-04-27T02:00:21.617Z In the evening we shall be separated and deafened by the carriages. The Campaner Thal and Other Writings 2011-04-26T02:00:29.827Z The shout they gave then deafened the echo up in the mountains, so that it has never been the same since. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z He paused between each name, which he roared so loudly that he nearly deafened those in the room, and everyone listened intently for a response. Aunt Jane?s Nieces on the Ranch 2011-04-14T02:00:48.280Z While the Shape who hoofs applause Behind our deafened ear Hoots—angel-wise—"the Cause!" Non-combatants and Others 2011-04-11T02:00:11.563Z Captain Seagrave shouted, and the sound almost deafened the man standing next to him; he moved away, calling the skipper anything but polite names. The Second String 2011-04-08T02:00:07.383Z He saw the enormous rock beds of the waters and was almost deafened by their roar as he saw them hurrying off in all their different directions to water the face of the earth. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z How rapidly and thickly the shells and Minié balls fell—Parrott of various sizes—canister and solid shot, until I was almost deafened by the noise and explosions! My Cave Life in Vicksburg With Letters of Trial and Travel 2011-03-30T02:00:13.113Z Accustomed for some months past to the melancholy silence of Seville, I was almost deafened by the noise and bustle which reigned around. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z A thousand rainbows arch them, and woods Are deafened with the roar. The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts 2011-03-26T02:00:15.717Z Neither Charlotte nor you will be deafened by the clang of my anvil. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z Whether the chimes or her own thoughts have deafened her, she does not hear their approach. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z For more than an hour Emmie watched the flickering spark of life, and tried to whisper words of holy comfort, which the now dulled mind and deafened ear had no longer power to receive. The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z He had known a general officer deafened by a shot, and, by Jove! his own ears were singing with it still, accustomed as he was, by Jupiter! to such things. The Tenants of Malory Volume 2 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:56.067Z That’s good news for pedestrians who might prefer not to be deafened, though not necessarily for the officers in Rumbler-equipped cars. City Critic: The New Police Siren: You?ll Feel It Coming 2011-02-27T00:52:32Z Now go and play and sing something; and mind, I don’t want my ears deafened with fireworks, and the drums split with parrot-shriek bravuras. Friends I Have Made 2011-02-25T03:01:14.587Z "The few reasoning mortals scattered here and there, that see through him, deafened in the universal hub-bub, shut their lips in sorrowful disdain, confident in the grand remedy, Time." The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z One evening he returned home from a walk, through the streets of the tumultuous metropolis, in which his ears had been deafened by the shouts of the people in favor of a new republican constitution. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z The wind shrieked so about the two girls, and the roar of the rain and sea so deafened them, that Nan could offer little verbal comfort. Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall Or the Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse 2011-02-14T03:00:33.337Z A wild yell filled the air, every Indian bounded off his feet, and for a few moments the terrific war-whoop of the Ojibways deafened the ears of the astonished listeners. In the Van; or, The Builders 2011-02-09T03:00:42.387Z The moment he began to move his ears were fairly deafened with a hideous uproar. Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale 2011-02-03T03:00:10.883Z The noise was terrible, and quite deafened Sarah, who could not help feeling very thankful that she was not one of the poor factory girls, whose pallid faces predicted an early death. Sarah's First Start in Life. 2011-01-26T03:00:24.470Z The lad was forced to move it away from his ear, for it nearly deafened him. The Boys of the Wireless 2011-01-24T03:00:17.997Z I jostled in the wake of the party, and found myself in the loft, wading in hay, and nearly deafened by the clamour that was bandied about the high roof and walls. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z All seemed over, the cry of the porter rang in Stanley's ears, the rattle of the train deafened him, the hot breath of the engine seemed blowing in his face. Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy 2011-01-13T03:01:14.887Z Inside the labyrinth the birds kept up a scandalous riot, which deafened one's ears as with a hail-storm of sounds. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z We know that ne’er Jehovah’s ear Is deafened that he cannot hear. Poems With a Sketch of the Life and Experience of Annie R. Smith 2010-12-26T03:00:20.460Z He went past the meat market, and saw crowds of people gathered together, and his ears were deafened by the din and noise and racket. Russian Fairy Tales From the Skazki of Polevoi 2010-12-20T17:11:44.353Z All criticism was then deafened by applause for the hour of Nuremburg-style choreography that was the closing ceremony. Compared to a lootfest like London or Beijing, Delhi is just an also-ran 2010-09-23T19:25:00Z “The explosion was so loud that we all were deafened,” Mr. Gribov said. Female Suicide Bombers Blamed for Moscow Blasts 2010-03-29T21:35:00Z I was deafened by the sound of the blast, but at first I didn’t think it was a terrorist attack. Moscow Commuters Post Grim Video and Photos Online After Bombings 2010-03-29T15:17:00Z Crash after crash of thunder deafened him as it broke, rolling away like the roar of a mighty battle towards the distant forests. A Blot on the Scutcheon They were shot at by snipers hiding in trees, they were shot at by big and little cannon with a roar that deafened them; but they went ahead with the French veterans. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. Nero was never so happy as when he was deafened with applause, and smothered with roses at the Greek festivals. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The thunder of the near-by cataract deafened her, and the darkling shadows of the forest were thickly shot with unnerving suggestions. Stranded in Arcady She accompanied him out along the cliff crest until they stood in the midst of the bird colony, half deafened by their harsh clamor. Into the Primitive There was a confused vista of men in retreat, a roar that deafened him, and a sudden numbness. The Key to Yesterday His ears were deafened by the barking noises and alarm boomings. The Secret of the Ninth Planet Stunned, blinded, deafened, the Western World, still half-paralysed, stirred stiffly from its inertia. The Moonlit Way Once—twice—three times, until those above it were well-nigh deafened with the sound, and those below and beyond it knew, by that prearranged signal, that they were wanted—and wanted at once. The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel His ears were deafened by the unearthly screeching of the wind and the constant roar of the waves. By Right of Conquest A Novel To one deafened with the city's roar Martin brought memories of perfect woods and lonely pines that stood out against emptiness, starkly black. Years of Plenty "It won't work," said the elder Denning, after several more shots had produced the same result and the concussion reverberating from the enclosed walls had nearly deafened them. The Secret of the Ninth Planet Dimly, far away, deafened out by the clangor, the steam whistle of Number 25 was blowing the four long blasts of distress; Alan heard the sound now and then with indifferent wonder. The Indian Drum Urging their own claims, or the claims of the clients whom they recommended, the mob deafened the Emperor's ears with their clamor. The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century His deafened companions heard nothing of the song or the countermand,— "Till, dying off, the distant sounds decay." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 "Won't you please tie up my ears before you begin because I don't want to be deafened." The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales In the new applause that deafened him he felt reassured. Ewing\\'s Lady The weapon was thus turned at random as the trigger was pressed, and Tom, deafened by a sudden report, drew back as the revolver flashed in his face. Harper's Round Table, May 21, 1895 I myself was bowled over, deafened by the bursting clamor, trampled, kicked in the head. Where the Pavement Ends Assegais flashed in front of his eyes, battle-axes were flourished in his face, his ears were deafened with the hubbub of voices. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising Why, when I whistle, if you don't cover up your ears you'll be deafened! The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales The satiric laugh of the hyaena was succeeded now by a roar which echoed through the forest, and another and another succeeded it, which almost deafened the lad with its volume and power. My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa I couldn't hear what he was saying, deafened as we all were by the blasts. Cue for Quiet His ears were deafened by the unintermittent roll and crackle, his eyes dim and dizzy with watching, or trying to watch, the movements of both lines of striving combatants. Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion The others must have crashed down while I was deafened by the sound of the explosion of my own rockets. Armageddon—2419 A.D. As soon as the Spanish boats appeared, the vast army of the natives raised shouts of defiance, and the ear was almost deafened with the clangor of their trumpets and drums. Hernando Cortez Makers of History Instantly a terrible sound deafened my ears,--a roar that made every nerve quiver. The Scarlet Banner Their ears were still deafened with furious cries. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty He was plunging through the wild storm once more, blinded by the occasional flashes of jagged green lightning, deafened by the peals of thunder which followed. Voyage To Eternity While the thick hail of projectiles literally darkened the air, the noise of breaking beams, the rattling fall of stones, the shattering of the ramparts, and the cries of the wounded deafened the ear. A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) The maddened roar of countless thousands of the fiercest warriors surging around their bulwarks almost deafened the ear. Hernando Cortez Makers of History They pushed forward slowly through the eddying tides, elbowed by a matchless motley of humanity, deafened by its thousand tongues, dazzled to blindness by walls of living light. The Destroying Angel It swirls, and pants, and foams, while high above it all we stand, our faces wet with the spray, our ears deafened by the terrible roar. An American Girl Abroad His gigantic edifice was shattered; the noise of its fall still deafened him, and yet at the same moment he had already resolved to begin again. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 And as for the crashes of thunder that followed each and every electric current, they deafened the ears of the scouts. The Boy Scouts in the Blue Ridge Marooned Among the Moonshiners His first gift to the baby was an ivory whistle, and the little fellow soon learned to blow it so that his mother was nearly deafened. The Flower Princess The Flower Princess; The Little Friend; The Mermaid's Child; The Ten Blowers But apparently a succession of sonorous chords from the piano had deafened her to all other sounds. The Destroying Angel The roaring of the storm had also deafened and bewildered him with its wild uproar. In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making But they are undergoing it with stolid indifference as they talk or try to talk, either almost shouting or whispering into each other's deafened ears and bewildered brains. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. And then again, my ear is deafened with the unceasing monotonous murmur of these waters, dripping drop after drop from the rocks! The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. And when your ears are no longer deafened by the cheers of others, take off your caps, fill your lungs, and cheer to the echo the real heroes of the war. On the right of the British line Peal upon peal, their loud reverberations deafened the city, and added wings to the flight of the terror-stricken crowd. Josephine Makers of History Close at hand we were deafened by the thundering waters of Bridal Veil and Nevada, and we clambered up the trails to see the highland rivers that gave them birth. In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making The ears of the company were almost deafened and their eyes blinded by a startling crash like thunder behind the screen and a vivid flash of zig-zag light across it. The Corner House Girls in a Play How they rehearsed, how they acted, and what the play brought in The Chief's shot, fired so close to his head, had deafened him either temporarily or permanently. The Instant of Now The trumpet, no doubt, would have deafened or irritated him; but before he got sick of it the softer music was by no means disagreeable to his ear. The Return of the Prodigal The next moment the ears of the party were deafened by a terrific explosion. Doubloons—and the Girl The strip of silk had fluttered and fallen, the gates flew open, there was a rumble of wheels, a whirlwind of sand, a yell that deafened, and four tornadoes burst upon the track. Mary Magdalen Blinded by the steady rain of salt mist, deafened by the roar and crash of the sea, he groped toward shore. The Sensitive Man She could hear him calling, "Leone, where are you?" and the pigeons deafened her as they whirled round her head. A Mad Love They made most of this noise that almost deafened them. Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club She was afraid of herself, for, at the first sound of his footsteps, the beating of her heart had deafened her. Banked Fires Here again was a grand stand, and here again enthusiastic plaudits almost deafened us. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years Thousands of tons of debris avalanched into the chasm below. tunned, deafened, they looked around. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 We walked, or rather were pushed along by the impatient rabble, and almost deafened by their shouts of “Bin, bin!” Across Asia on a Bicycle You cannot stretch your limbs, or smoke a cigarette, and while your ears are deafened by shrieking babies, your legs are scorched by boiling pipes. My Impressions of America I suppose the grinding of the ice deafened us, and the hummocks hid us from view of the people on board; at all events, down came one of the river steamers slap on us. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement Thenceforth, all through that day and night, the deafened survivors must continue to endure their martyrdom and one officer died, it was supposed from agony of mind, in his inverted cabin. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) She had stopped dead in the violence of this sudden thought, and was for the moment blinded and deafened, when Toby gently took her arm. Coquette There they met the smaller girls coming forth, and for a time there was a hullabaloo that nearly deafened everybody on the block. The Corner House Girls Growing Up What Happened First, What Came Next. And How It Ended The man was, no doubt, a little deafened by the clattering of the mill, and we got up close before he noticed. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) Many might have deafened me with their gratitude. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) Not you, my comrades, who have stood days now when torrents of German shells were pouring on us, when our ears were deafened by the guns of either side. With Joffre at Verdun A Story of the Western Front Kirby was half deafened by the yells of rage and terror which went up from the entire attacking band. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 It deafened him, the familiar, glorious din of it. The Missourian Behold us seated on this easy chair of Neptune! our ears deafened and our spirits enlivened by a band of music—trumpet, violin, and bass—admirably playing Waltzes and other national tunes. Before and after Waterloo Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816) Why, he has deafened me with an aunt of his until my head aches. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) Shaken by the fall and deafened by the tumult, they hung onto irregularities of the rock on which they lay. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 The howls of the living, the shrieks of the dying deafened him. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 Anne paused before a stall spread with cotton cloth and bought enough for several skirts, the result of her complaisance being a siege of itinerant vendors that nearly deafened her. The Gorgeous Isle A Romance; Scene: Nevis, B.W.I. 1842 Thou shalt not kill called from afar—but the cannons deafened him They entered the courtyard—into the castle hall. Futurist Stories A horrible din in the huts of the fetish-men deafened his words. In Desert and Wilderness His fingers on Claude's wrist shook as with a palsy; his ear at Claude's heart was deafened by the pounding of his own. The Side Of The Angels A Novel "Must be some crowd of people outside," muttered Nelson as a great gale of sound deafened him. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 Henry had just uttered these words when an enormous Cat appeared before him and began to mew so horribly that he was almost deafened by the sound. Old French Fairy Tales Everything glimmered before his eyes and his ears were deafened. The Chinese Fairy Book The two swimmers, breathless, deafened and wounded by the shook of the waves, emerged from the little lake and stretched themselves on the sand, where they rested for some time. A Romance of the West Indies We were so close the music fairly deafened us, as, with a multiplied undernote of moving feet, the march began. The Million-Dollar Suitcase The dynamite deafened them, and acrid fumes choked them, but they fired their rifles at the prodigious animals and there, in the big river cavern, was a seething mass of horrible life, dying in agony. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 Then came the dreadful vibration they had experienced in the hall of the house—the whistling scream that grew louder and louder until it seemed they must be deafened. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 When the cymbals and kettledrums reechoed through all the courts, they deafened the ear. The Chinese Fairy Book All in the house were stunned and remained deafened for several minutes, but no one was seriously injured. Whittier-land A Handbook of North Essex, Containing Many Anecdotes of and Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier Never Before Collected. Soon Mr. Balfour's face appeared, and a moment after he was standing amidst the throng, swayed hither and thither by loyalists who shook his hands, patted him on the back, deafened him with their cheers. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule Half-stunned and wholly terrified, dazzled and deafened as well, the girl dashed the rain from her eyes and strove to recollect her wits and grapple sanely with her plight. Nobody Bolt upon bolt of lightning split the falling sheets of water, and thunder, exploding in their faces, stunned and deafened them. Nan of Music Mountain When he prepared to leave, he tested out his conviction, and reminded her gently: “Now, in regard to that note––” Mirabelle was blinded by her own visionings, and deafened by her own eloquence. Rope Every whisper was exaggerated to a shout, so that the ears were deafened and longed for quiet—quiet which, unlike silence, consisted of a multitude of small sounds singing, almost inaudibly, together. Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin The Alpini, deafened by twelve hours of bombardment, defended every foot of the ground, fighting always in snow. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War I was gathering the remainder of the party, when whew! crash! and I felt a terrific detonation at my very elbow, and for a moment was stunned and deafened. War Letters of a Public-School Boy He pulled the lever to full power and with a roar which almost deafened us in the small flyer, the ray leaped out to do its deadly work. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 At that moment a titanic, ear-splitting explosion hurled him to the carpet, deafened and blinded him. Mutineer The water splashes and dashes and foams, lashed by scores of active hands and feet, until the boys are fairly deafened by the roar. Harper's Young People, July 27, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The incessant shooting all around her deafened her, the stink—and, worse, the taste—of gunpowder turned her stomach, and her hands were blacker with the stuff than Frank's ever were from his printing press. Shaman A general shout of 'Run! run!' from men, women, and children almost deafened me. Forgotten Tales of Long Ago The yells of the infuriated savages deafened her; but, although fearfully near, she saw none, and started rapidly forward. The Ranger or The Fugitives of the Border A roar deafened Simon, and a blaze of white flame blinded him. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel She felt her helplessness multiplied, intolerable, thus blinded and deafened. Heart of the Blue Ridge The blast of the pistol deafened Raoul, and in the momentary blaze of light he saw the face of a young Indian, distorted with anger and fear. Shaman Another lightning flash blinded the girls and the thunder following fairly deafened them for the moment. The Campfire Girls of Roselawn Or, a Strange Message from the Air Suddenly old Athelbras, the steward, raised his cap and shouted, "It is Hynde Horn, our own Hynde Horn," and then there was such a tumult of shouting and cheering that everyone was nearly deafened. Tales From Scottish Ballads Meir," said she, so softly that the whispering of the wind almost deafened her words, "you must promise me one thing. An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story "As deaf as an adder," is a proverb; well, I believe it was the parrot that first deafened the adder, if deaf it be.' Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure Thaddeus at once seized it, aimed, and shot; he missed, but he deafened and scorched the Major. Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 I believe the man was almost killed by terror before he was strangled—dazed, stricken dumb, paralysed, deafened by it—everything but blinded, poor wretch. The Red Triangle Being Some Further Chronicles of Martin Hewitt, Investigator The same instant the roar of a pistol shot deafened Gregory's ear. El Diablo The salt spray leaped up into his white face, and the winds blew against him, and the passionate cry of saddened nature rang in his deafened ears. The New Tenant Saxham had shouted to his companion, as deafened by the tremendous concussion, and dazed and half-asphyxiated by the poisonous fumes, he strove for mastery with his maddened horse. The Dop Doctor “The explosion has deafened you?” said Dickenson dumbly, for still he could not hear a word. The Kopje Garrison A Story of the Boer War Simultaneously a revolver shot deafened her and choked her with smoke, there was a crash and falling glass splintered in a rain. Juggernaut This is the case with the eye, which is dazzled by a bright light and cannot see at all, or the ear, which cannot hear at all when deafened by a loud noise. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy He saw, and could not but be wrung with pity for man deafened to wise counsel by the noise of vanities, and fiercely conspiring to precipitate his doom. Apologia Diffidentis I tell you a fact; I was almost deafened by the report that didn't come. Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories "If you don't get over-persuaded, child, or deafened with the voices!" The End of a Coil How long this lasted she did not know, but it seemed an interminable time, and the dull roar of the water grew louder and deafened her, while the blackness that closed in became insupportable. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter Blinded by the steam, deafened by the noise, you make a rush for the door. Jonah and Co. Years ago, one was almost deafened by the noise of Asreal's hand coming down on the desk. Jewish Children Tom thrust out the gun—and next instant we were all nearly deafened by the report! When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine I held it to my ear and was almost deafened. The Blue Germ The roar of the trees deafened him, and the wind drove the snow into his eyes. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter Hail, thunder, lightning, hurricanes of wind blinded, deafened, or killed all who were exposed to it. Cornwall's Wonderland This "composition" was played with so much excitement and force that my ears were deafened and my brain was stupefied. Jewish Children I heard the crackle of the lightning as it slid from the sky, and the thunder clap followed so swiftly that for a moment I felt deafened. The Motor Pirate Dazzled by the sudden intensity of light, deafened by the concussion, he was conscious of a vile, sulphurous odour assailing his nostrils. Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force The shock of the report almost deafened me at the time, and my neck and right cheek were peppered with powder grains, which remained there for years until finally absorbed in the system. The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 To add to his torments, too, the calf which he had slung across his shoulders, struggled and kicked and bellowed until the old thief was black and blue, and nearly deafened. Cornwall's Wonderland But above all, I was nearly deafened by the noise that one boy made, a little fellow who was called Hemalle. Jewish Children One's ears are deafened with the piercing cries of the sherbet-sellers, and the howling of the dogs; while quantities of pigeons coo over the heads of the motley crowd. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 But why must the World be thus continually deafened with so many Divisions? Observations on the Florid Song or Sentiments on the Ancient and Modern Singers Sam strode away, blinded and deafened by the confusion of his feelings. The Huntress It is evident that he cannot control himself from within, he wishes to be loosed, but is only fastened the more tightly by his deafened associates. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary Then someone yelled "Are we down-hearted?" and the Cubs yelled "No!" so loudly that Akela thought she would be deafened for life. Stories of the Saints by Candle-Light I had only just closed my eyes when I suddenly jumped up again, deafened as if by a hundred claps of thunder joined in one. Adventures of a Young Naturalist The washing of the seas and the roaring of the wind deafened the ear to other sounds. World's War Events, Vol. I Only they are deafened as well as blinded, and Bee feels that she is losing her senses. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls Lettigne, Midshipman of the battery, was untouched; deafened and deathly sick he took command of the remaining guns. The Long Trick Trembling, deafened by the roar of the cataract just beneath him, he lay afraid to move, believing 269 the swaying structure would give way every instant. The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity Some of the peccaries rushed after the Indian; the others, chasing and hustling one another, deafened us with their gruntings. Adventures of a Young Naturalist The noise deafened us, and the jarring broke lots of windows. The Hero of Ticonderoga or Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys Within touch a terrific explosion deafened them as the father seized his child, and Margot, struck by a boulder belched from the throat of the fierce volcano, sank back into the fiery sea. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls In an instant a bright flash ran around the chamber, lighting it up as bright as day; a puff of grey smoke was belched in our faces, and a report like thunder deafened us. The Great White Queen A Tale of Treasure and Treason Another bugle note, and to the right another cavalry regiment formed, and for half a mile there was a line of horsemen, deafened by the waiting the command of some man, through a bugle. How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion or, The Funny Experiences of a Raw Recruit - 1887 The ground trembled under their feet, and we were deafened by their bellowing. Adventures of a Young Naturalist Senses swimming, dumb, deafened by the raging, beating pulses hammering in my brain, I reeled at a gallop into the sunny street, north, then west, then north once more, tearing out into the Butlersbury road. The Reckoning The cannon marked the battle-ground, and around this circled friend and foe, blinded by dust and smoke, and deafened by the close discharge of carbines and muskets. An Undivided Union Then the barrage ceased, and the sudden absence of the deafening roll, and the wall of light, in themselves, deafened and blinded us. The Airlords of Han Such a babble of voices and questions asked, would have deafened any one not concerned in the meeting. Polly and Eleanor In 'Kitchener' Ward the men have mouth organs and tin whistles and combs, and play till you're nearly deafened. A Patriotic Schoolgirl Like all barbarians, they talked, talked, talked, till one was nearly deafened. From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life "Probably my heart was in my mouth, and beating so loud that it deafened me; for, of course, I knew I carried my life in my hand." Queensland Cousins There they halted, and set up such a screeching as almost deafened us, fired off some of their old rusty guns, and then rode away. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 Antony is deafened by the murmuring of voices. The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul Then, as Germaine used to feel buzzings in her ears that deafened her, he said to her one evening in a careless tone: "Suppose we try magnetism?" Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life It was the biggest house in the Square, and a great bomb caught it fair in the face; it seemed as though the whole world was shaking, and the noise fair deafened you. Tommy There was no sound for ten minutes, then came a crash of musketry, so unexpected and so loud that it almost deafened them. The Book of All-Power A torrent which precipitated itself from the mountain, swollen by the rains, made a tremendous noise, which could be heard at the distance of many miles, and which deafened our people. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World Am I not already killed with such bad talk, deafened with it, maddened with it every day from morn till night. The Valley of the Kings With the gathering speed of the engine the cracking exhaust ran into a confusing din that deafened her, and she was shaken and jolted. The Daughter of a Magnate "Think of it, grandma! all summer! whoop!" with a shout, as he vanished, that made grandma cover her deafened ears in dismay, as the whole flock trooped after. Cricket at the Seashore In 1789 the mutterings of the coming storm became more ominous, but the King of France, deafened by the clamour of cackling advice from his aristocracy, either could not or would not hear. The Spirit of Lafayette After an hour on the job men reeled away, deafened, blinded and shocked. Greener Than You Think Stunned and deafened, she flattened herself under a slight overhang. Make Mine Homogenized Her usual duties were all done; but she went through them with eyes that saw not, with deafened ears on which Mistress Winter’s abuse fell pointless, for which Dorothy’s sarcasms had no meaning. For the Master's Sake A Story of the Days of Queen Mary He introduced them into a shed, and Durtal recoiled, deafened by horrible cries, suffocated by the pestilential heat of the liquid manure. En Route I liked being shaken and deafened by them: I fancied I was something like a Bacchante possessed by a divine rage. Romola The number of hopeless deafened ears, crippled joints, and broken-down constitutions from the same cause cannot be accurately computed, but was certainly very large. The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother It even deafened him for a moment to the sneering comment of Mr. Strangways, which fell on Janetta's ears just as she was leaving the room. A True Friend A Novel For his ears had been deafened by the sudden shriek of a tremendous signal from outside! The Ultimate Weapon Suddenly there rang loudly in her ears the question to which she had deafened herself with such crucifying effort—“What if Ariadne should die?” The Squirrel-Cage For the doubtful blessing of being wife to an unscrupulous millionaire she had deafened her ears to the call of every decent instinct. Men of Affairs Then she humped herself up over a green fiddle that she had under her cloak, and nearly deafened them with its hoarse screechings. Woodland Tales He was blinded, deafened, dazed by the overwhelming conviction that, the other man had of his own identity. The Leader The rushing sound, and the force with which the water fell, deafened and confused them. Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading The noise of that explosion, so close to his ear, deafened the young sergeant temporarily. Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines or, Following the Flag against the Moros He let out another roar—simply appalling—it will ring in my ears forever—almost deafened me. The Dude Wrangler One could not pass before the shed ornamented with the name of the town hall without being deafened by the noise of some dispute. The Fête At Coqueville 1907 The blue flashes of electricity streaked the windows constantly, while the roll and roar of the thunder almost deafened those in the darkened barroom. How Janice Day Won The snow cut her face and the thunder of the waves deafened her. Janet of the Dunes Then he crept deafened with the clangour down the stairs into the belfry, and sat on the sill of a window watching the ringers rise and fall at their work. The Nebuly Coat They whirled and jumped furiously in their unwashed feet; they became almost invisible in the clouds of dust; the odour sickened, the screeching and jumping deafened one. The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette These boys had known what it was to pass through a tropical jungle with its confusion of sounds that at times almost deafened one; so that the contrast was very strong. Boy Scouts on Hudson Bay The Disappearing Fleet As he did so the water went past below them with a thunder that deafened. Space Prison The roaring and thundering deafened him, and he wondered if he should ever stop tumbling over in the water. The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old Finding that this did not attract the notice of his grandmother, he began a loud lamentation, which he kept increasing, louder and louder, till it shook the lodge, and nearly deafened the old grandmother. The Indian Fairy Book From the Original Legends But I really hope there may be feeling enough in Parliament to do a right thing without being deafened with lawyers' slang. Hortus Inclusus Messages from the Wood to the Garden, Sent in Happy Days to the Sister Ladies of the Thwaite, Coniston He had lived there all his life, and scarcely noticed the noise which would almost have deafened a stranger. Aunt Rachel There was a time," explained Lieutenant Mackinson, "when the sending of a message almost deafened the sender. The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service Drenched, deafened, stunned with fierce, nerve-shattering blows, every moment we thought to go under. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance The shepherds, deafened by the noise, look none the less about the house, but find nothing. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Innumerable electric scintillations played through the chaos of vapors, at the same time that the ears were deafened by a frightful fracas. Plotting in Pirate Seas This had made me take everything else for granted, and the noisy American world had deafened my ears to possible contradictions. Embarrassments “They have been so drilled,” cried Hadria, “so gagged, so deafened, by ‘the shrieks of near relations.’” The Daughters of Danaus It was hard, but keep him down we did; though his cries of anguish deafened us through that awful night, and our muscles knotted as we gripped. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance She was deafened by the hiss of the escaping steam of the monster standing motionless, headed toward the east, ready to leap on its sounding way. A Little Norsk; Or, Ol' Pap's Flaxen A crack of thunder deafened all, and green and violet lightning winked and flickered continuously. Plotting in Pirate Seas As he did so, the crash of a pistol shot at his ear almost deafened him, and a glance showed him that Jackson had shot his horse, which fell dead close to his daughter’s pony. Charlie to the Rescue At that moment a loud report at my ear deafened and almost stunned me. The Big Otter “Up with the helm, Mat!” cried Oswald, as a near flash of lightning for a moment blinded, and the accompanying peal of thunder deafened, those on deck. The Pirate Now all was changed, The roaring of the wind and the hoarse beating of the waves upon the streaming rocks deafened the ears of Edward Forster. Newton Forster The Merchant Service De cannons deafened me and I has been hard of hearing ever since. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 As I groped my way there, the strange noises which assailed my ears—the creakings, the groans, the wash of the water—almost deafened me. Hurricane Hurry My ears were deafened by the dashing of the fierce waves, and the howling and whistling of the wind, which reached me even down where I was; and by the incessant creaking of the bulkheads. Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures The loud roar of the breakers as they neared the shore almost deafened them, and Gerald, though sitting next to Tom, had to shout to make him hear. The Three Admirals This play went on endlessly, hypnotising the spectators who, beaten by the wind and deafened by sound, stared and stared, safe, at the mysterious and menacing world of spray and foam and darkness. Clayhanger To provide for contingencies, we had all our floors deafened. Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Volume I For a moment the flapping of the canvas half deafened us. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life Surprise held them dumb, until Mrs Maitland had reached speaking distance, when, with one accord, they deafened her with inquiries, to which she did her best to reply after the first greetings were over. A Houseful of Girls The New Year has come, and to greet its arrival such a clashing of bells, such an outburst of strange and jangling sounds as fairly deafened the listening ears. Pixie O'Shaughnessy The boy’s cry resounded in his ears and deafened him, till at last he could endure it no longer. A Dog with a Bad Name They saw her stoop forward and put on speed, and then—in a flash—the middle of the roof settled and crashed to the floor—and the sound of the wreck almost deafened the onlookers! The Corner House Girls at School I was simply deafened by the applause which greeted my feat. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life He was almost deafened by the din as the stone missiles of the slingers rebounded from his reverberating shell of steel, but he fired carefully, steadily, and powerfully until his last arrow had been loosed. Spacehounds of IPC He loved quiet—and his ears were deafened with clamour. Short Studies on Great Subjects She paused and listened; for the ear, usually deafened by pain, is sometimes, on the contrary, rendered morbidly acute. St. Ronan's Well He was just in time to save them from being, at least temporarily, deafened, for no sooner had he silenced the speaker than the lorry vanished in a flash that filled the entire room. A Slave is a Slave We were not more than fifty yards from the guns and the result was that we were all "scared stiff," to say nothing of being almost deafened. The Emma Gees My ears were almost deafened by his roar, "Come on and fight." Out Around Rigel The spear stuck fast between two of the vertebrae, and the animal gave a roar so tremendous, that it completely deafened for the moment those nearest to her. Kafir Stories Seven Short Stories It deafened us in the streets, where it was as popular with the organ-grinders and German bands as Sullivan’s brightest melodies ever were in a later day. The Bon Gaultier Ballads I could not see, for its blackness shrouded me; nor hear, for its shrieks deafened me. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author She clung to him passionately, trembling a little, as the roar deafened them and the fog swept round them. Marriage à la mode The sound struck them like a bludgeon, and they lay for a while, stunned and deafened, while pieces of stone slid and tinkled on the boulder that had sheltered them. Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases Seventeen Short Stories I tell you a fact; I was almost deafened by the report that didn’t come. The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story Instantly a terrific roar nearly deafened the men, a solid sheet of blinding flame reached in a flaming cone into the air for nearly fifty feet. Invaders from the Infinite It was a hideous saturnalia, and deafened by the brass and percussion instruments I tried to get away, but my neighbors protested and I was forced to sit and suffer. Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques An ocean of blood thundered into his head, and the noise of that primitive flood, roaring from what prehistoric gulfs, deafened him at an instant. Here are Ladies The wind blew, until it seemed almost to shake the solid mountains themselves, while vivid glares of lightning blinded the eyes and heavy peals of thunder deafened the ears. The Cave of Gold A Tale of California in '49 Like many another man, Mac's eyes had been blinded, his ears deafened to everything but the wiles of the charmer. To The Front A Sequel to Cadet Days The ring of the heads-man's sword upon the desolate shores of Patagonia had deafened his ears to such entreaties forever. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 Many were the risks we ran in front of batteries in action which neither of us had observed till we found ourselves deafened with a hideous explosion and wrapped in flame. The Great War As I Saw It When Roma entered this room she was deafened by a roar of voices. The Eternal City The explosion almost deafened me, a pain shot through my ears and eyes, and a shower of fine lime and crumpled bricks whizzed by my face. The Red Horizon It seemed as if the raging strife of thoughts deafened and paralysed her. By What Authority? His eyes were blind with tears, his ears deafened by the sound of his own pulses. The Judgment of Eve Next morning I woke up before seven, and blocked up my ears so that I should not be deafened by the noise of artillery. The Great War As I Saw It The buzz and the hum of the conversation, and the laughter, are overpowering, and you wander through the vast crowd with your ears deafened by the sound. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City It almost deafened us, someone must have copped it. The Red Horizon For eleven months I fed on carrion, reposed on filth, deafened with the sound of battering cannon, the shouts of besieging rebels, and the groans of dying comrades. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel Almost at once after this began the bombardment of the forts at Liége; and all day long and most of the night we were deafened with the boom of great guns across the river. Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley So loud is the call that reverberates from the Abhá Kingdom that mortal ears are well-nigh deafened with its vibrations. The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh The darkness of these prejudices had dominated the Oriental world to such a degree that it had blinded all the eyes and deafened all the ears. Japan Will Turn Ablaze! Closer and closer he was driven in until their frightful roar almost deafened him. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World The thunderous downshoot deafened him; Half he choked in the lashing spray: Life is sweet, and the grave is grim,-- Which way?--which way? Poems So, too, the ear long shut up in profound silence is deafened by an ordinary sound. The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Ross, deafened by the din, twisted first one lever and then the other until he had brought the sound to a less piercing howl. The Time Traders Their simultaneous motions were strongly contrasted with the awkward confusion of the inexperienced Englishmen, deafened by the torrent, who sustained the blame of every accident which occurred. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 I dashed through two or three rapids and then came to a fall that almost deafened me with its roar. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World The white froth of the water flashed under them, the jagged rocks menaced, the boom of the river deafened them. The Short Cut Byron and Swinburne had beaten so loudly on their drums, and blown so forcibly on the clarion that his ears had been deafened. The Loom of Youth My eyes are dazzled, blinded by the intensity of light, my ears are deafened by the awful roar of the elements. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth Thunder in the heavens, and thunder under the earth deafened and terrified every soul. The Mark of the Beast Shaken and deafened, I picked myself up; H. had struck a light to find me. Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War For while the love brimming their young hearts had been like a fountain from which laughter bubbled up, still its song had not deafened their ears to the murmur of life about them. The Short Cut Meanwhile one is almost deafened by the noise of shouting, most of it good-humoured. Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond The very cannon, deafened by the din, Grew dumb, for you might almost hear a linnet, As soon as thunder, 'midst the general noise Of Human Nature's agonizing voice! The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 People were inundated, blinded, deafened, and mentally paralysed by a flood of vulgar and tasteless externals, leaving them no time for leisure, thought, or creation from within themselves. Gilbert Keith Chesterton The street cars, the drays, the carriages, and the other intermingling vehicles puzzled his senses and deafened his ears. Ralph Granger's Fortunes For a while excitement blinded, nay, deafened me. In Search of the Unknown A great surging was in her brain, a surging that nearly deafened her. The Swindler and Other Stories He might have screamed—the din of its treads and engines deafened him—and, in panic, he turned and ran, his old legs racing, his old heart pumping madly. Hunter Patrol Now it deafened him by bellowing in his ears. At the Back of the North Wind An intense crackling sound deafened him, and the air of the room seemed to have become hot as that of an oven. The Golden Scorpion The Moruan's voice was a hoarse growl which nearly deafened the Earthmen in the confined quarters of the car but Dal with the aid of the translator could piece together what had happened. Star Surgeon For her, he was endowed with mystery, and, with the subtle poetry of the lonely young, she deafened her ears to any normal explanation of the man. The Place Beyond the Winds A tremendous cannonade mowed down our ranks, and deafened us with its roar; whilst two large chateaux and their outbuildings almost scorched us with the flames, and blinded us with the smoke which they emitted. The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815 It has played so loud that everybody was deafened, and so soft that nobody could hear. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) The roar of the seething, fusing metals deafened the sound of the groans from the chained and broken-hearted miners. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864 Her voice was like music, but so loud, too loud; it crashed in my ears, it deafened me.' Sunny Slopes But the tone of the controversy on the subject of papal infallibility, which soon deafened the world, was too sharp for his nerves, and he abstained from mingling in it. Life of Father Hecker See you not the thunderbolt fall, and are deafened by the shout of heaven that follows its descent? The Last Man I was deafened and bewildered by the terrible noise of the firing in the narrow confines of the trench. In the Field (1914-1915) The Impressions of an Officer of Light Cavalry The ear, deafened by a cannon, is incapable for the moment of hearing the human voice. The Spinster Book If she weren't my very self, deafened by hard usage, and rendered coarse and wilful by years of a miserable and half-starved life, I couldn't bear it, especially after what I've sacrificed for her. The Chief Legatee However, the man was Jerome, but the tumult of his soul almost deafened him to voices of the flesh. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel He'd been deafened and blinded and all his senses were a shrieking tumult while his muscles knotted and his hands froze on the controls of his ship. Operation Terror Passing quietly along, he came to the large switch-yards, and here he was almost deafened by the rumble and noise of the trains, and the screeching and puffing of the engines. The Burglar's Fate And The Detectives They were thrown down and felt rocks and stones falling about them, while their ears were deafened by the roaring sound. The Moving Picture Boys on the War Front Or, The Hunt for the Stolen Army Films Shaken and almost deafened, Durwent remained where he was until he saw an object roll nearly to his feet. The Parts Men Play Enough, enough!" shouted Uncle Ben by the time I was nearly deafened; "we will digest our goodly boulder after the devil is come abroad for his evening work. Lorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor So the beam makes all our senses report everything they're capable of reporting, true or not, and we're blinded and deafened. Operation Terror Bitterly he fought to drown the sounds of the voice, but the more he deafened his ears the more insistent, the clearer, the more alluring its tones became. The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe Now and again a shell crumbled the soil about me, and deafened me; then silence came again upon the frozen earth. Letters of a Soldier 1914-1915 Susannah heard a shot; then she was deafened by the sound of a volley of muskets. The Mormon Prophet These women in silk and laces, these idle, pleasure-loving men, this eating and drinking, this luxury in beautiful surroundings, with ears deafened to all the mad, sobbing cries of the world! A People's Man He was blinded by light and deafened by sound and his nostrils were filled with the nauseating fetor of jungle and decay. Operation Terror Shells not merely whistled and screamed overhead, they leaped from the ground beneath one's feet with a flame that burned, a roar that deafened, and a displacement of air that swept one away. "Over There" with the Australians A chorus of congratulations fell upon his deafened ears. The Black Box Then it reeled and the night was filled with a howling tumult that deafened the men inside; the blizzard had burst upon the mesa. The Iron Furrow The bishops met in council to protest, but their protests and excommunications fell on deafened ears. History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 He'd been deafened by the sounds that had dazed and numbed him. Operation Terror The thunderous downshoot deafened him; Half he choked in the lashing spray: Life is sweet, and the grave is grim— Which way?—which way? Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems We reached the camp, deafened by Pierre's bellow of greeting. Montlivet She paid no heed, but clenched her hands under the bedclothes; her heart had settled into an even thunderous beating that to her ears almost deafened the voice that provoked its action. Secret Bread So I answered them in French, in a voice that thundered in my head, that the explosion had deafened me and I could not hear a word they said. Carette of Sark Cap'n Aaron Sproul kept them going—did their thinking for them, dizzied their brains by thwacks of the pins, deafened their ears by his terrific language. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Memphis shrieked and the pastures became compounds of wild beasts that deafened heaven with their savage bellowing. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt This time we whistled and roared till the steam gave out, and the answer nearly deafened us. The Kipling Reader Selections from the Books of Rudyard Kipling The applause nearly deafened me, and I was quite glad when he drew near the end of his most tedious speech. Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Girl Sister of that "Idle Fellow." My companions were all more or less dazed, and probably deafened like myself. Carette of Sark Methinks my deafened ears Are burst; my eyes, as if they had been knocked By some tempestuous hand, shoot flashing fire;— That sleep should do this! The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 He expected to be deafened by the noise of whizzing through the air, and to be half suffocated with the rush of wind. Tales from Many Sources Vol. V We were blinded, deafened, and all our senses were confused. Combed Out At present, for all he was outwardly so pale and still, he was deafened and blinded by rage. The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest "Oh no!" she cried again, lest he should take notice that she was deafened and dizzied and ask why. The Judge The man was nearly deafened, and yelled out at the top of his voice, 'What do you expect, you fools? Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men Villages were everywhere blazing, squadrons charging, and the thunders of an incessant cannonade deafened the ear by night and by day. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power A new rule was made, which exasperated the cats, and their complaints deafened the whole neighbourhood. The Original Fables of La Fontaine Rendered into English Prose by Fredk. Colin Tilney One was deafened by it; it rolled on without a pause, as if interminable trains, going at full speed, were ever and ever shaking the iron girders. His Masterpiece But none of them came to her, and her deafened ears caught a sound of roaring. The Judge The din, indeed, persisted, deafened, shook them; but the crowd seemed to be at a stand a few doors down the Rue St. Honoré. Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France First thing I knew," broke in Joyce, "Robby Moore gave an outlandish war-whoop right in my ear, that nearly deafened me, and grabbed me by my hair, yelling he was going to tomahawk me. The Little Colonel's House Party She deafened the gods with her cries, appealing to Jupiter, Nemesis, the judges from Hades, in fact all who would be importuned. The Original Fables of La Fontaine Rendered into English Prose by Fredk. Colin Tilney The water and drift-stuff, in a mounting wave, poured through the gap, and the noise of it deafened Ruth Fielding to all other sounds. Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest Or, The Indian Girl Star of the Movies It is very doubtful whether the nation, entangled by fresh difficulties and deafened by pro-Boer yells growing shriller and shriller every hour, would have remained firm of purpose. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans A stranger, confused by the sea of excited faces, and deafened by the clamour of “Vive le Roi!” Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France On the worthy Hellene pressed, while rough German slaves or swarthy Africans jostled against him; the din of scholars declaiming in an adjoining school deafened him; a hundred unhappy odors made him wince. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. All the walls and partitions around it will be double and filled with mineral wool, and the floors will be deafened. The House that Jill Built after Jack's had proved a failure But she could not close her ears; and as they approached the shore, strange sounds almost deafened her. The Last of the Peterkins With Others of Their Kin Bombards were fired from the bridge, and the church bells rang loud enough to crack the steeple, and bring it down about the ears of the deafened lieges. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest Johnson hated his Whig principles and represents him, when settled at Northampton, as "having deafened the place with clamors for liberty." A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century Light blinded me; clamour deafened me; foam and the pure wave and cold darkness whelmed over me. Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance In the great building two sounds deafened an unfamiliar ear: a steady roar, deep and persistent, and through it, like a staccato pulse, a louder, more painful, more penetrating din. The Spinners Vivie was deafened, nearly stunned by the frightful noise of the volley in a confined space. Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement He was half deafened with the thunder of the waves, half blinded with the dashing spray, half drowned with the salt-water pouring from every cliff and cranny of the rocks. Prince Lazybones and Other Stories By Mrs. W. J. Hays But still the eternal question rang loudly in her soul's ears, and the din of the inquisitive devil that would not be satisfied deafened her so that she could not hear Miss Skeat. Doctor Claudius, A True Story This was the signal for Mr. Balfour, and in an instant the woods were startled by a discharge that deafened the silence. Sevenoaks They stood round it in groups, deafened and thrilled—and a little homesick. Out To Win The Story of America in France He was deafened by the tumult within him. The Three Black Pennys A Novel But to men wearied with too much civilisation, and deafened by the noise of great cities, it is beyond measure refreshing. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series Here one is almost deafened by the thunder. The Log School-House on the Columbia Nobody spoke; the roar of the cataract deafened us, the awfulness of the catastrophe made us dumb. Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance They were nearly deafened with exclamations that their appearance called out, and by the questions that were showered on them. Bowdoin Boys in Labrador An Account of the Bowdoin College Scientific Expedition to Labrador led by Prof. Leslie A. Lee of the Biological Department The din of their own voices must have deafened the dogs, or they would have heard him. Roof and Meadow His attentive, deafened ears were for his music alone, and, letting the flute fall from his hands, he turned to look at her with the pathetic, innocent enquiry of a good but uncomprehending child. The Wheel of Life A hundred echoes were awakened within the cavern, and the uproar fairly deafened him. The Cave in the Mountain A Sequel to In the Pecos Country / by Lieut. R. H. Jayne When their train stopped, stalwart porters relieved them of their baggage and deafened them with self-introductions in stentorian tones: "Yere's your Hale House porter!" Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 This she achieved only by an effort of will which separated her consciousness entirely from her environment and alike blinded her eyes and deafened her ears to the mournful sights and sounds around her. Children of the Mist And then while her back was towards the entrance she was deafened by a prodigious roar of delight from the mob. The Lion's Share In the silence between automobiles it deafened him so that Bland's drawling voice came to him dully, the words muffled. The Thunder Bird |
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