- present participle of deafen.
deafening
Example Sentences
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But these sights are drained of their warmth, depicted with a cold, eerie hum that, when it bleeds into the roar of suffering miles away, becomes a deafening cacophony.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026
In one deafening and dangerous laboratory mishap, a glass tube that was overfilled with gas exploded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The noise coming from the stands was deafening — “like nothing else that you would ever hear,” Guardabascio said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
But the pine trees lining Krystal Polk's home, in her family for generations, don't protect her from the data center's deafening drone, which sounds like a jet that never takes off.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
The sudden silence in the auditorium was even more pronounced because of the deafening noise that had preceded it.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
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