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Recent Examples of deafening The genteel tranquility of his $10 million estate is shattered by the deafening scream of jet traffic with the regularity of commercial airline schedules. Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025 The highlight of the game, however, was the deafening ovation that lasted over 20 seconds for Montreal captain Marie-Philip Poulin. Shayna Goldman, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024 Break out three giant claps, a dazzling smile and a deafening scream. Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024 Moreover, as the ramp winched open, the pilots would have experienced a sudden drop in temperature and heard a deafening roar above the whine of the Skyvan’s engines. Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for deafening
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deafening
Adjective
  • Fans were loud in their disappointment of the concluding storyline, with clamours for a further season to tie up loose ends, and UK press has previously indicated a seventh season is secretly in the works.
    Caroline Frost, Deadline, 3 May 2025
  • Their throats may have been boisterous, singing loud and long, but their eyes were shot with worry.
    Nick Miller, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Adjective
  • Although it can be characterized by a ringing, pulsing, buzzing, hissing or squealing sound, audiologists say the source of the condition lies in the brain's neural networks.
    Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
  • But with a will Strike all your harps and set them ringing; On hill and heath Let every breath Throw all its power into singing!
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2024

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“Deafening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deafening. Accessed 18 May. 2025.

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