deaf to
Example Sentences
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That setback added to rancorous divisions among member states over the deal's impact on European farmers, who remained deaf to the EU's arguments and staged months of tractor-mounted protests against the accord.
From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026
She only took up running because she could not drive her daughter, who is deaf, to a special class.
From BBC • Oct. 8, 2024
And yet we were facing opposition that was so labor-unfriendly, so tone deaf, to what we are saying.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2023
Praising the “calm and respectful manner” with which most people demonstrated, he said “nobody, and especially not me, can remain deaf to this demand for social justice and for our democratic life to be renovated.”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2023
If you’re deaf to this subtle conversation, it comes as a shock when the opening bid seems to be, “Madame, I request from you three thousand zaires.”
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
