deaf

Example Sentences

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Critics panned it as tone deaf and uncreative, and it was cancelled after two seasons.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

As germane and revealing as her discussions of deaf history and political inequality are, however, they can become repetitious and sometimes strident.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Sara Nović celebrates the unique, close-knit bonds of her family, which includes both deaf and hearing members.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

The BBC has been told some Whitehall-based civil servants who received the letter found the prime minister's words "tone deaf".

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Beethoven going deaf was the high point of his chapter in The Lives of the Great Composers.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell