deadening
Example Sentences
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If You're Glad I'll Be Frank imagined the speaking clock as a real woman speaking live, her internal monologue utterly at odds with the deadening repetitiveness of endlessly intoning "at the third stroke..."
From BBC
And there's been a deadening impact on social life.
From BBC
Mr. Rodriguez said that footage of the collapse was playing in a loop in his mind and deadening his hopes.
From New York Times
The focus on the chorus can have the somewhat deadening effect of treating background as foreground.
From New York Times
The eight stories in “First Person Singular” share a deadening lack of curiosity.
From Los Angeles Times
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