deadened
Example Sentences
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For others, stop-start has deadened the joy of driving.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
I certainly think it's made me a more appreciative one, especially coming out of winter — a season where my senses inevitably feel a little deadened after marching through a procession of gray, sunless days.
From Salon • Apr. 1, 2023
It’s pleasant to type on, thanks to each key’s even and clear sound signature, lacking ping or hollowness — though some may find it overly deadened.
From The Verge • Aug. 30, 2022
Perhaps it’s the Rawlings baseballs, which were slightly deadened this year in a change MLB said an independent lab found would cause balls to fly 1 to 2 feet shorter when hit over 375 feet.
From Seattle Times • May 1, 2021
Longstreet felt a depression so profound it deadened him.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
