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  • But at least this Deadening of his Vocal Apparatus relieved the men of the Burden of hearing their Erebus Captain scream in pain.

    The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007

  • Deadening, muffling, stifling its murmurs failing;

    Poems of To-Day: an Anthology Various

  • Deadening influences: paralysis of energy as seen on the railways; little apparent change in externals since my former visit; change wrought by emancipation of the serfs.

    [Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White 1906

  • One day she went with her mother to attend one of those meetings which those creatures were holding over in the Burnt Deadening where there was a lot of bare, dead trees, and Minerva and Mother Crow tried to break it up.

    Hollow Tree Nights and Days Albert Bigelow Paine 1899

  • Deadening the way of the frigate, a boat was dropped in the water and had only to pull alongside the other vessel as it came up.

    The Life of Nelson Mahan, A. T. 1897

  • Deadening the way of the frigate, a boat was dropped in the water and had only to pull alongside the other vessel as it came up.

    The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 (of 2) The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain 1877

  • Buy your sound deadenening from the affordable solution: B-Quiet Sound Deadening.

    Sports news from standardspeaker.com 2010

  • Deadening your spirit for security comes at a price.

    Webmaster-Source 2009

  • If Obama wanted to report accurately Roosevelt's beliefs, he would start with a speech about one of TR's favorite topics, "Deadening socialism."

    WORLDMag.com 2009

  • Deadening your spirit for security comes at a price.

    Quick Online Tips 2009

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