deaf

Example Sentences

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"If you're not concerned about global warming, you must be deaf, blind altogether, right? So it is there, yes. We have to be concerned and try to do something about it," he said.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Elsewhere, the award for best drama went to ITV's Code of Silence, which starred Rose Ayling-Ellis as a deaf woman who helps police with her lip reading skills.

From BBC • May 10, 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

Rosales, a single mother of three in San Antonio, earns $29,000 a year working for a company that provides assistance to the deaf and hard of hearing.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

But what she said, in a wail hard to understand over the train racket and me still part deaf, was “I left my bucket in the blackberry bushes, Will! Hit were might near full!”

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns