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Examples

  • Deafened by the roar of fire and of dragons overhead.

    Father Swarat Matt Dennison 2010

  •  Deafened by the pain of his loss, he did not hear the cries and shouts and gasps of the onlookers and his fellow victims; instead, over and over the shearing sound of the Chevy's assault screeched through his soul like the death-cry of Erichthonius.

    Another Metamorphosis: A Moral Tale about Obsession 2010

  • Deafened and blinded by arrogant, ignorant, unthinking hatred, Americans responded with venom in quantities toxic to all rational thought.

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Freedom Rider: Ahmadinejad Sane, Bush Crazy 2007

  • Deafened by the noise, stifled, choked, and blinded by the dust, they hid their faces and stood rooted to the spot.

    Little Dorrit 2007

  • Deafened and blinded by arrogant, ignorant, unthinking hatred, Americans responded with venom in quantities toxic to all rational thought. '

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Freedom Rider: Ahmadinejad Sane, Bush Crazy 2007

  • "Deafened by choice, here's the moral analysis these women never heard," she says: Until there is more equity in the cultural norms for child-rearing and household tasks, each time a woman decides to "opt out" she is making a political decision that reinforces an already ingrained social inequality.

    Meghan O'Rourke on Linda Hirshman Becca 2006

  • "Deafened by choice, here's the moral analysis these women never heard," she says: Until there is more equity in the cultural norms for child-rearing and household tasks, each time a woman decides to "opt out" she is making a political decision that reinforces an already ingrained social inequality.

    Archive 2006-06-01 Becca 2006

  • Deafened by choice, here's the moral analysis these women never heard: The family—with its repetitious, socially invisible, physical tasks—is a necessary part of life and has obvious emotional and immediate rewards, but it allows fewer opportunities for full human flourishing than public spheres like the market or the government.

    Archive 2006-06-01 M-mv 2006

  • Deafened by choice, here's the moral analysis these women never heard: The family—with its repetitious, socially invisible, physical tasks—is a necessary part of life and has obvious emotional and immediate rewards, but it allows fewer opportunities for full human flourishing than public spheres like the market or the government.

    Get to work! M-mv 2006

  • Deafened, harassed by the turmoil around me and in pain, I just wanted to die quietly.

    A Body In The Bath House Davis, Lindsey 2001

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