: material used to soundproof walls or floors
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Conversations about his long-term future are a factor, too, but there is no question that the workload has been at least partly responsible for the deadening of the England Under-21 international’s effect.
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The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 10 May 2025
Second astronauts often face issues with a deadening of their taste buds.
—Jennifer Welsh, Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2019
France’s postwar boom was really an impoverishment, a mass deadening.
—Tobi Haslett, Harper's Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
Yet serious hurt that goes unacknowledged leads to the accumulation of resentment and a deadening of the relationship.
—Orna Guralnik, New York Times, 16 May 2023
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The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 10 May 2025
Second astronauts often face issues with a deadening of their taste buds.
—Jennifer Welsh, Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2019
France’s postwar boom was really an impoverishment, a mass deadening.
—Tobi Haslett, Harper's Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
Yet serious hurt that goes unacknowledged leads to the accumulation of resentment and a deadening of the relationship.
—Orna Guralnik, New York Times, 16 May 2023
See All Example Sentences for deadening
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“Deadening.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deadening. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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